2019 Dakar Rally

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2019 Dakar Rally
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Host country	Peru
Dates run	6–17 January 2019
Start	Lima
Finish	Lima
Stages	10
Stage surface	Gravel, dirt, sand
Results
Cars winner	Nasser Al-Attiyah Matthieu Baumel Toyota Gazoo Racing SA
Bikes winner	Toby Price Red Bull KTM Factory Racing
Quads winner	Nicolás Cavigliasso Drag'on Rally
Trucks winner	Eduard Nikolaev Evgenii Iakovlev Vladimir Rybakov Kamaz Master
UTVs winner	Francisco López Contardo Álvaro León South Racing Can-Am

The 2019 Dakar Rally was the 41st edition of the event and the eleventh successive year that the event was held in South America. The event started in Lima, Peru on 6 January and finished there on 17 January after 10 stages of competition, making it the first Dakar Rally to be held in a single country.^[1]

Qatari Nasser Al-Attiyah won his third Dakar in the Cars division for Toyota, in the process becoming the second person to win the Dakar Rally with three different vehicle manufacturers (other wins came with Volkswagen in 2011 and Mini in 2015).^[2] In the Bikes division, Toby Price of Australia won his second Dakar Rally despite suffering from a fractured wrist during the event.^[3] The Kamaz team of Eduard Nikolaev, Evgenii Iakovlev and Vladimir Rybakov won their third consecutive title in the Trucks division.^[4]

This would mark the final time the Dakar Rally was held in South America. From 2020 onwards, the rally was held in Saudi Arabia.^[5]