Dakar Rally Kicks Off in Argentina

Cristophe Geoffroy, of France, races his Honda in the seventh stage of the 2011 Argentina-Chile Dakar Rally between Arica and Antofagasta, Chile. (AP2011)

Vehicles are seen parked prior to the 2011 Argentina-Chile Dakar Rally in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (AP2010)

Spaniard Carlos Sainz drives his Volkswagen during a stage of the Dakar Rally in South America.

Camelia Liparoti, right, from France, rides her Yamaha quad followed by Federico Gut, from Argentina, in his Polaris quad during the first stage of the 2011 Argentina-Chile Dakar Rally between Victoria and Cordoba, Argentina. (AP2011)

A biker races in the third stage of the 2011 Argentina-Chile Dakar Rally between San Miguel de Tucumán and Jujuy, Argentina. (AP2011)

Volkswagen's driver Mark Miller, from the U.S., and co-driver Ralph Pitchford, from South Africa, compete during the sixth stage of the 2011 Argentina-Chile Dakar Rally between Iquique and Arica in Chile. (AP2011)

KTM MRW Rally Factory's Juan Pedrero García rides his motorcycle during the sixth stage of the 2011 Argentina-Chile Dakar Rally between Iquique and Arica in Chile. (AP2011)

BMW driver Nani Roma and co-driver Gilles Picard, both of Spain, race in the seventh stage of the 2011 Argentina-Chile Dakar Rally between Arica and Antofagasta, Chile. (AP2011)

MAN's driver Richard González and co-driver Raphael Gimbre, from France, sit beside their truck after it overturned during the sixth stage of the 2011 Argentina-Chile Dakar Rally between Iquique and Arica in Chile. (AP2011)

A racer rides his motorcycle during the sixth stage of the 2011 Argentina-Chile Dakar Rally between Iquique and Arica in Chile. (AP2011)

Paulo Goncalves of Portugal races his BMW in the seventh stage of the 2011 Argentina-Chile Dakar Rally between Arica and Antofagasta, Chile. (AP2011)

Tatra driver Ales Loprais and co-driver Milan Holan, both of the Czech Republic, race in the seventh stage of the 2011 Argentina-Chile Dakar Rally between Arica and Antofagasta, Chile. (AP2011)

Jincheng biker Baohua Han of China stops to help KTM biker Meffre Laurent of France after falling in the seventh stage of the 2011 Argentina-Chile Dakar Rally between Arica and Antofagasta, Chile. (AP2011)