France's Christian Lavieille and co-pilot Jean-Michel Polato compete with their Proto Dessoude during the first stage of the Dakar Rally 2013 from Lima to Pisco January 5, 2013. (Photo by Jacky Naegelen/Reuters)

Mechanics work in the Buggy belonging to Argentina's Manuel Sisterna and Adrian Echegaray during technical verification ahead of the Dakar Rally 2015 in Buenos Aires January 1, 2015. (Photo by Enrique Marcarian/Reuters)

Kamaz Russian driver Eduard Nikolaev, co- driver Evgeny Yakovlev and mechanic Vladimir Rybakov compete during the 2018 Dakar Rally' s Stage 13 between San Juan and Cordoba in Argentina, on January 19, 2018. (Photo by Franck Fife/AFP Photo)

Brazilian Marcelo Medeiros of Yamaha team in an accident during the fifith stage of the Rally Dakar 2016 between Jujuy, Argentina, and Uyuni, Bolivia, 07 January 2016. (Photo by Felipe Trueba/EPA)

Toyota driver Rainer Wissmans of Germany drives during the 2nd stage of the Dakar Rally 2015, from Villa Carlos Paz to San Juan January 5, 2015. (Photo by Jean-Paul Pelissier/Reuters)

Argentine Juan Manuel Silva and Pablo Sisterna (not pictured) crash in their Mercedes car during the 7th stage of the Dakar Rally from Iquique to Uyuni, January 10, 2015. (Photo by Daniel Rodrigo/Reuters)

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)

2017 Paraguay-Bolivia-Argentina Dakar rally, 39th Dakar Edition, Seventh stage from Oruro to Uyuni, Bolivia on January 9, 2017. Juan Salvatierra of Bolivia rides his KTM. (Photo by Ricardo Moraes/Reuters)