Robby Gordon and Kellon Walch of the U.S. power their Hummer from the podium during the departure ceremony of the sixth South American edition of the Dakar Rally on January 4, 2014. (Photo by Enrique Marcarian/Reuters)

KTM rider Ben Grabham of Australia rests before the first stage of the Dakar Rally. (Photo by Frank Fife/Reuters)

Yamaha rider Juan Carlos Carignani of Italy rides his quad through a creek during the first stage of the Dakar Rally between the cities of Rosario and San Luis in San Luis, Argentina, on January 5, 2014. (Photo by Victor R. Caivano/Associated Press)

Media, Dakar staff and mechanics set up tents for the night in the campsite during Day 4 of the 2014 Dakar Rally on January 8 in Chilecito, Argentina. (Photo by Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images)

Gaston Rios Pablo of Argentina rides his quad during the first stage. (Photo by Jean-Paul Pelissier/Reuters)

Buggy driver Carlos Sainz of Spain and co-pilot Timo Gottschalk of Germany race during the second stage, between the cities of San Luis and San Rafael in San Rafael, Argentina. (Photo by Victor R. Caivano/Associated Press)

Horses run as Marc Coma of Spain approaches with his KTM motorcycle during the second stage of the Dakar Rally. (Photo by Victor R. Caivano/Associated Press)

KTM rider David Reeve of Zambia sits in pain with a broken leg as he is evacuated by helicopter along with KTM rider Pablo Quintanilla, who retired due to his bike's mechanical breakdown during the third stage of the Dakar Rally between the cities of San Rafael and San Juan, Argentina. (Photo by Victor R. Caivano/Associated Press)

Juan Carlos Salvatierra, from Bolivia, races his Speedbrain motorcycle between the cities of San Miguel de Tucuman and Salta, Argentina on January 10, 2014. (Photo by Victor R. Caivano/Associated Press)

Mini driver Nasser Al-Attiyah of Qatar and co-pilot Lucas Cruz of Spain race during the sixth stage. (Photo by Jean-Paul Pleissier/Reuters)

A boy walks on the Uyuni Salt Flats after bathing in a hole with salty water in Uyuni, Bolivia on January 11, 2014. The motorcycles and quads of the Dakar Rally raced through parts of the Uyuni Salt Flats two days later. (Photo by Victor R. Caivano/Associated Press)

A worker makes a hole in the salt to fill it with water at a monument made of salt to welcome the Dakar Rally at the Uyuni Salt Flats. (Photo by Victor R. Caivano/Associated Press)

A girl stands next to flags from around the world left by travelers at the Uyuni Salt Flats. (Photo by Victor R. Caivano/Associated Press)

Speedbrain rider Pedro Oliveira of Portugal races during the seventh stage, between the cities of Salta, Argentina and Uyuni, Bolivia. (Photo by Juan Karita/Associated Press)

Sherco rider Juan Pedrero Garcia of Spain races during the seventh stage. (Photo by Juan Karita/Associated Press)

A woman poses next to a giant mining truck at the entrance of the Dakar Rally camp in Calama, Chile. The truck operates in copper mines near the city. (Photo by Victor R. Caivano/Associated Press)

Mini driver Stephane Peterhansel and co-pilot Jean Paul Cottret, both of France, race through the dunes during the ninth stage of the Dakar Rally. (Photo by Victor R. Caivano/Associated Press)

Hummer driver Robby Gordon and co-pilot Kellon Walch, both of the U.S., jump dunes during the ninth stage between the cities of Calama and Iquique, Chile. (Photo by Franck Fife/Associated Press)

Yamaha rider Sergio Lafuente of Uruguay races across the dunes during the ninth stage of the Dakar Rally. (Photo by Victor R. Caivano/Associated Press)

Honda rider Helder Rodrigues of Portugal rides his motorcycle at the start of the eleventh stage of the Dakar Rally between the cities of Antofagasta and El Salvador, Chile. (Photo by Victor R. Caivano/Associated Press)

KTM rider Marc Coma of Spain rides his motorcycle during the ninth stage of the Dakar Rally. (Photo by Franck Fife/Associated Press)

Mini driver Joan “Nani” Roma of Spain and co-pilot Michel Perin of France race during the eleventh stage of the Dakar Rally between the cities of Antofagasta and El Salvador, Chile, Thursday, January 16, 2014. (Photo by Victor R. Caivano/AP Photo)

Yamaha rider Bruno Da Costa of France falls from his bike during the eighth stage of the Dakar Rally between the cities Uyuni, Bolivia and Calama, Chile in Kui, Bolivia, Monday, January 13, 2014. (Photo by Juan Karita/AP Photo)

Driver Andrey Karginov and co-pilots Andrey Mokeev and Igor Devyatkin, all from Russia, ride their Kamaz truck up a dune during the tenth stage of the Dakar Rally between the cities of Iquique and Antofagasta, Chile, Wednesday, January 15, 2014. (Photo by Victor R. Caivano/AP Photo)

Mini driver Orlando Terranova, of Argentina, and co-pilot Paulo Fiuza, of Portugal, race through the dunes during the twelfth stage of the Dakar Rally between the cities of El Salvador and La Serena, Chile, Friday, January 17, 2014. (Photo by Frederic Le Floch/AP Photo)

Alain Duclos of France rides his Sherco motorcycle during the seventh stage of the Dakar Rally 2014, from Abrapampa to Tupiza and Uyuni in this January 12, 2014 handout picture. (Photo by Reuters/ABI/Bolivian Presidency)

Hummer driver Robby Gordon and co-driver Kellon Walch compete during the Stage 5 of the Dakar 2014 between Chilecito and Tucuman, Argentina, on January 09, 2014. (Photo by Franck Fife/AFP Photo)

A biker competes in the Dakar 2014 Stage 11 between Antofagasta and El Salvador, on January 16, 2014. (Photo by Franck Fife/AFP Photo)