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X-Raid team's Mohammed Abu-Issa of Qatar and co-pilot Xavier Panseri from France, arrive in their All4 Racing Mini for the technical checks of the 2017 Dakar Rally in Luque, near Asuncion, Paraguay, on December 29, 2016. Some 316 vehicles, including 83 cars and 146 motorbikes, are registered for the 39th Dakar Rally, which will be staged over nearly 9,000 kilometres (5,600 miles) from January 2-14 in Argentina, Bolivia and Paraguay. / AFP / Norberto DUARTE (Photo credit should read NORBERTO DUARTE/AFP via Getty Images)

X-Raid team's Mohammed Abu-Issa of Qatar and co-pilot Xavier Panseri from France, arrive in their All4 Racing Mini for the technical checks of the 2017 Dakar Rally in Luque, near Asuncion, Paraguay, on December 29, 2016. Some 316 vehicles, including 83 cars and 146 motorbikes, are registered for the 39th Dakar Rally, which will be staged over nearly 9,000 kilometres (5,600 miles) from January 2-14 in Argentina, Bolivia and Paraguay. / AFP / Norberto DUARTE (Photo credit should read NORBERTO DUARTE/AFP via Getty Images)
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