| 2013 Dakar Rally | |||
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Part of the Dakar Rally
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 Route of the rally across Peru, Chile and Argentina. | |||
| Host country |  Peru Chile Argentina | ||
| Dates run | 5–19 January 2013 | ||
| Start | Lima | ||
| Finish | Santiago | ||
| Stages | 14 | ||
| Results | |||
| Cars winner |  Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul CottretMini | ||
| Bikes winner | Cyril Despres KTM | ||
| Trucks winner |  Eduard NikolaevKamaz | ||
| Quads winner | Marcos Patronelli Yamaha | ||
The 2013 Dakar Rally was the 35th running of the event and the fifth successive year that the event was held in South America. The event started in Lima, Peru on 5 January and finished in Santiago, Chile on 19 January after fourteen stages of competition. 448 vehicles in four classes of competition started the event, which comprised a total distance of over 8,500 kilometres. The motorcycle category was won by French rider Cyril Despres for a fifth time, riding a KTM; Marcos Patronelli took his second win in the quad competition riding a Yamaha; Stéphane Peterhansel captured his eleventh Dakar victory in the car category alongside co-driver Jean-Paul Cottret at the wheel of a Mini; and Eduard Nikolaev's maiden victory re-captured the truck category title for Kamaz.