In Photos: Dakar Rally 2018

Stage one: Lima, Peru to Pisco, Peru

Not a good first start to the race for DKR Raid Service’s driver Cristina Gutiérrez Herrero and her co-driver Gabriel Moiset Ferrer, as they crash their Mitsubishi.
Photograph: Franck Fife/AFP/Getty Images

Spectators watch Mini X-Raid team driver Orlando Terranova and co-driver Bernard Graue tackle a dune.
Photograph: Andres Stapff/Reuters

Stage two: Pisco to Pisco

Duust Rally rider Benjamin Melot on his KTM 450 Rally Replica bike.
Photograph: Dan Istitene/Getty Images