2018 Dakar Rally
| 2018 Dakar Rally | |||
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Part of the 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.