Tons of awesome pics from the 2013 Dakar Rally

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Brazil's Youssef Haddad stands next to his Mitsubishi, stuck in a river during Stage 8 of the Dakar Rally 2013 between Salta and Tucuman, Argentina, on January 12, 2013. (Franck Fife/AFP/Getty Images)


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A driver signs autographs to fans as he arrives to the podium during the departure ceremony of the fifth South American edition of the Dakar Rally 2013 in Lima, Peru, on January 5, 2013. (Ernesto Benavides/AFP/Getty Images) #


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Qatar's Nasser Al-Attiyah drives his buggy during Stage 5 of the Dakar Rally 2013 between Arequipa and Arica, Chile, on January 9, 2013. (Frederic Le Floc'h/AFP/Getty Images) #


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Spain's Joan 'Nani' Roma and co-pilot France's Michel Perin in their Mini during the 4th stage from Nazca to Arequipa, on January 8, 2013. (Reuters/Franck Fife) #


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Honda's Biker Javier Pizzolito of Argentina competes during the Stage 2 of Dakar 2013 in Pisco, Peru, on January 6, 2013. (Franck Fife/AFP/Getty Images) #


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Russia's co-pilots Eduard Nikolaev, Sergey Savostin and Vladimir Rybakov in their Kamaz truck during the 4th stage of the Dakar Rally 2013 from Nazca to Arequipa, on January 8, 2013. (Reuters/Franck Fife) #


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South Africa Riaan Van Niekerk in Stage 5 of the Dakar Rally, between Arequipa and Arica, Chile, on January 9, 2013. (Frederic Le Floc'h/AFP/Getty Images) #


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Medics, helped by fans, evacuate Leonardo Martinez of Bolivia who was injured after crashing his quad in the 3rd stage from Pisco to Nazca, Peru, on January 7, 2013. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano) #


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Argentine co-driver Bernardo Graue, left, and driver Lucio Alvarez, inside the vehicle, try to free their pick-up stuck on a dune during the 6th stage of Dakar 2013 from Arica to Calama, Chile, on January 10, 2013. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano) #


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Ronan Chabot and co-driver Gilles Pillot, both of France, in Stage 3, from Pisco to Nazca, Peru, on January 7, 2013. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano) #


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The Iveco truck driven by Italians Miki Biasion and Humberto Fiori, and Michel Huisman, of the Netherlands, leads in front of Rene Kuipers, Peter Van Eerd, both of the Netherlands, and Moi Torrallardona of Spain, center, and Iveco truck drivers Jos Smink and Peter Nieuwenburg of the Netherlands, right, during the 11th stage of the 2013 Dakar Rally from La Rioja to Fiambala, Argentina, on January 16, 2013. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano) #


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A car passes the highlands of Chile en route to the Jama border crossing during the untimed 7th stage of the Dakar Rally from Calama to Salta, on January 11, 2013. (Reuters/Ivan Alvarado) #


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The Netherlands' Henno Van Bergeijk, on the ground after falling during Stage 3 of the Dakar Rally 2013 between Pisco and Nazca, Peru, on January 7, 2013. (Franck Fife/AFP/Getty Images) #


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Robby Gordon of the U.S. in his Hummer during Stage 6 between Arica and Calama, Chile, on January 10, 2013. (Franck Fife/AFP/Getty Images) #


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Jincheng rider Guanghui Wei of China checks his feet at a refueling stop after the 8th stage of the Dakar Rally was canceled due to flash floods near Tucuman, Argentina, on January 12, 2013. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano) #


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A helicopter overflies Tucuman before Stage 9 of the Dakar Rally, in Argentina, on January 14, 2013. (Franck Fife/AFP/Getty Images) #


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Race2Recovery team member injured Afghanistan veteran Thomas Neathway of Britain climbs into his Land Rover during the technical verification exercise of the Dakar Rally 2013 at Magdalena beach in Lima, Peru, on January 3, 2013. (Reuters/Jacky Naegelen) #


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A motorcyclist in the 4th stage of the Dakar Rally 2013 from Nazca to Arequipa, on January 8, 2013. (Reuters/Franck Fife) #


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KTM rider Jorge Aguilar of Salvador tries to get out of a dune during the 6th stage of the 2013 Dakar Rally, on January 10, 2013. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano) #


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Lucio Alvarez and co-driver Ronnie Graue of team Toyota compete in stage 11 from La Rioja to Fiambala, on January 16, 2013, in La Rioja, Argentina. (Shaun Botterill/Getty Images) #


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Dakar Director Etienne Lavigne (3rd from right) and Hummer #315's co-pilots Robby Gordon (2nd from right) and Kellon Walch (right) of the U.S., near their Hummer after it flipped during the 4th stage of the Dakar Rally from Nazca to Arequipa, on January 8, 2013. (Reuters/Franck Fife) #


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KTM Ferdinand Kreidl of Austria kicks up dust on his way up a mountain during Stage 4 from Nazca to Arequipa, Peru, on January 8, 2013. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano) #


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France's Cyril Despres on his KTM motorcycle during the second stage of the Dakar Rally 2013, from Pisco to Pisco, on January 6, 2013. (Reuters/Jacky Naegelen) #


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An alpaca crosses the road as drivers wait in their vehicles on the highlands of Chile en route to the Jama border crossing during the untimed 7th stage of the 2013 Dakar Rally from Calama to Salta, on January 11, 2013. (Reuters/Ivan Alvarado) #


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A competitor reads his road book in Cachi after Stage 7 between Calama and Salta, Argentina, on January 11, 2013. (Franck Fife/AFP/Getty Images) #


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Jean Karl Atzert of Team Al Desert waits to start stage 6 from Arica to Calama, on January 10, 2013 in Arica, Chile. (Shaun Botterill/Getty Images) #


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Spain's Jose Israel Borrell Gonzalez rides under storm clouds during Stage 8, between Salta and Tucuman, Argentina, on January 12, 2013. (Franck Fife/AFP/Getty Images) #


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Horses in a field gallop away from the sound of motorcycles competing in Stage 9 from Tucuman to Cordoba, Argentina, on January 14, 2013. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano) #


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France's Stephane Peterhansel and co-pilot Jean-Paul Cottret in their Mini during the 10th stage of the Dakar Rally from Cordoba to to La Rioja, on January 15, 2013. (Reuters/Jacky Naegelen) #


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Portugal's Ruben Faria on his KTM during Stage 10 from Cordoba to to La Rioja, on January 15, 2013. (Reuters/Jacky Naegelen) #


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Drivers stand on their cars after they were blocked by a flash flood during the 8th stage of the Dakar Rally from Salta to San Miguel de Tucuman, on January 12, 2013. (Reuters/Jacky Naegelen) #


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Brazil's Guilherme Spinelli, stuck in a flooded river during Stage 8 between Salta and Tucuman, Argentina, on January 12, 2013. (Franck Fife/AFP/Getty Images) #


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Several cars stuck in a river following a flash flood during Stage 11 from La Rioja to Fiambala January 16, 2013. (Reuters) #


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Pascal Larroque, co-driver of Pascal Thomasse, both of France, pulls their car with a cable from the bank of a river during Stage 11 from La Rioja to Fiambala, Argentina, on January 16, 2013. (AP Photo/Bertrand Metayer, Le Parisien) #


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Dakar Rally Director Etienne Lavigne covers his face from sand kicked up by a helicopter lifting the motorcycle of Herve Thierry of France after it fell in the river during Stage 11, on January 16, 2013. (AP Photo/Bertrand Metayer, Le Parisien) #


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Cyril Despres of KTM Red Bull Rally Factory Team competes in Stage 9 of the 2013 Dakar Rally, from Tucuman to Cordoba, on January 14 in Tucuman, Argentina. (Shaun Botterill/Getty Images) #
 

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Salvadoran Jorge Aguilar takes part in the sixth stage of Dakar Rally between Arica and Calama, Chile, on Jan. 10. (Felipe Trueba/European Pressphoto Agency)

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Lucio Alvarez and co-driver Ronnie Graue of team Toyota compete in stage 9 from Tucuman to Cordoba during the 2013 Dakar Rally on Jan. 14 in Tucuman, Argentina. (Shaun Botterill/Getty Images) #

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Mitsubishi driver Francisco Leon, right, of Peru, waves a banner that reads in Spanish "I love you Peru" during the symbolic start of the Peru-Argentina-Chile Dakar Rally in Lima, Peru, on Jan. 5, 2013. The race of over 400 vehicles including cars, bikes, trucks and quads begins Saturday in Lima and finishes in Santiago, Chile on Jan. 20. (Karel Navarro/Associated Press) #

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US driver Robby Gordon jumps from the podium in his Hummer during the departure ceremony of the fifth South American edition of the Dakar Rally in Lima on Jan. 5 (Ernesto Benavides/AFP/Getty Images) #

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Peruvian fans take pictures of the podium during the departure ceremony of the fifth South American edition of the Dakar Rally in Lima on Jan. 5. (Ernesto Benavides/AFP/Getty Images) #

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Russian driver Vladimir Vasilyev overturns during the third stage of the Dakar Rally in the Nazca desert, about 450 km south of Lima, Peru, on Jan. 7. (Paolo Aguilar/European Pressphoto Agency) #

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A woman jumps as France's Ronan Chabot and co-pilot Gilles Pillot compete with their SMG truck during the 3rd stage of the Dakar Rally from Pisco to Nazca on Jan. 7. (Jacky Naegelen/Reuters) #

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A man works on a truck during the rest day of the Dakar Rally competition in San Miguel de Tucuman, Argentina, on Jan. 13. (Felipe Trueba/European Pressphoto Agency) #

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Teams work through the night to repair the cars after day one of the of the Dakar Rally on Jan. 5 in Pisco, Peru. (Shaun Botterill/Getty Images) #

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Robby Gordon is pictured next to his overturned truck in the sand during Stage 4 of the Dakar Rally between Nazca and Arequipa, Peru, on Jan. 8. (Franck Fife/AFP/Getty Images) #

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Honda rider Gerard Farres Guell of Spain, left, and Honda rider Helder Rodrigues of Portugal, right, talk at the end of the special stage of the 2013 Dakar Rally's 5th stage from Arequipa, Peru, to Arica, Chile, on Jan. 9. (Victor R. Caivano/Associated Press) #

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Brazil's Guilherme Spinelli is seen stuck in a flooded river during Stage 8 of the Dakar Rally between Salta and Tucuman, Argentina, on Jan. 12. (Franck Fife/AFP/Getty Images) #

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A man cleans a vehicle during the rest day of the Dakar Rally competition in San Miguel de Tucuman, Argentina, on Jan. 13. (Felipe Trueba/European Pressphoto Agency) #

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Brazil's Guilherme Spinelli, left, observes his Mitsubishi stuck in a river below, as a helicopter passes with an unidentified motorcycle, during Stage 8 of the Dakar Rally between Salta and Tucuman, Argentina, on Jan. 12. (Franck Fife/AFP/Getty Images) #

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A view of a road book before Stage 2 of the Dakar Rally in Pisco, Peru, on Jan. 6. The rally will take place in Peru, Argentina and Chile from Jan. 5 to 20. (Franck Fife/AFP/Getty Images) #

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Kees Koolen of the Netherlands rides his Honda quad through a river basin that was flooded rapidly due to heavy rains during the 8th stage of the from Salta to Tucuman, Argentina, on Jan. 12. The 8th stage was canceled due to the flash flood. (Victor R. Caivano/Associated Press) #

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Robby Gordon, bottom, and co-driver Kellon Walch, top, of the United States, rest in their Hummer before the start of the 6th stage from Arica to Calama, Chile, on Jan. 10. (Victor R. Caivano/Associated Press) #

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Yamaha rider Lkhamaa Namchin of Mongolia sits on the sand after falling with his motorcycle during the 6th stage from Arica to Calama, Chile, on Jan. 10. (Victor R. Caivano/Associated Press) #

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South African pilot Giniel de Villiers, right, gets past French driver Ronan Chabot during the ninth stage of the Dakar Rally between San Miguel de Tucuman and Cordoba, Argentina, on Jan. 14. The stage was won by Spanish pilot Nani Roma. ( Felipe Trueba/European Pressphoto Agency) #

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The Dakar Rally (or simply "The Dakar"; formerly known as "The Paris–Dakar" or "Paris to Dakar Rally") is an annual Dakar Series rally raid type of off-road race, organised by the Amaury Sport Organisation. Most events since the inception in 1978 were from Paris, France, to Dakar, Senegal, but due to security threats in Mauritania, which led to the cancellation of the 2008 rally, the 2009 Dakar Rally was run in South America (Argentina and Chile). It was the first time the race took place outside of Europe and Africa.[1] It has stayed in South America from 2009 to the present (2013).[2][3] The race is open to amateur and professional entries. Amateurs typically make up about eighty percent of the participants.

Despite its name it is an off-road endurance race, called a rally-raid rather than a conventional rally – the terrain the competitors traverse is much tougher and the vehicles used are true off-road vehicles rather than the modified on-road vehicles used in rallies. Most of the competitive special sections are off-road, crossing dunes, mud, camel grass, rocks and erg among others. The distances of each stage covered vary from short distances up to 800–900 kilometres (500–560 mi) per day.
 
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