| 2017 Dakar Rally | |||
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Part of the Dakar Rally
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 2017 Dakar route | |||
| Host country |  Paraguay,  Argentina and  Bolivia | ||
| Dates run | 2–14 January 2017 | ||
| Start | Asunción | ||
| Finish | Buenos Aires | ||
| Stages | 12 | ||
| Stage surface | Gravel, dirt, sand | ||
| Overall distance | 8,782.00 km (5,456.88 mi) | ||
| Results | |||
| Cars winner |  Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret Team Peugeot Total | ||
| Bikes winner |  Sam Sunderland Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | ||
| Quads winner |  Sergey Karyakin Yamaha | ||
| Trucks winner | Eduard Nikolaev Evgeny Yakovlev Vladimir Rybakov Kamaz-Master | ||
| UTV's winner |  Leandro Torres Lourival Roldan Polaris | ||
| Crews | 317 at start, 227 at finish | ||
The 2017 Dakar Rally was the 39th edition of the event and the ninth successive year that the event was held in South America. The event started in Asunción, Paraguay on January 2, then ran through Argentina and Bolivia, before returning to Buenos Aires on January 14 after 12 stages of competition.[1] This year saw the introduction of the new UTV category.