2018 Dakar Rally

2018 Dakar Rally
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2018 Dakar route
Host country	Peru  Bolivia  Argentina
Dates run	6–20 January 2018
Start	Lima
Finish	Córdoba
Stages	14
Stage surface	Gravel, dirt, sand
Results
Cars winner	Carlos Sainz Lucas Cruz Team Peugeot Total
Bikes winner	Matthias Walkner Red Bull KTM Factory Racing
Quads winner	Ignacio Casale Casale Racing
Trucks winner	Eduard Nikolaev Evgeny Yakovlev Vladimir Rybakov Kamaz-Master
UTVs winner	Reinaldo Varela Gustavo Gugelmin South Racing-Can Am
Crews	335 at start, 184 at finish

The 2018 Dakar Rally was the 40th edition of the event and the tenth successive year that the event was in South America. The event started in Lima, Peru on 6 January and ran through Argentina and Bolivia, finishing in Córdoba, Argentina on 20 January after 14 stages of competition.^[1]