Al-Attiyah wins stage, Peterhansel keeps lead
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January 9, 2013, Wednesday
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QATARI ace Nasser Al-Attiyah won the Dakar Rally third stage in Peru on Monday to make it three stages from three for his Red Bull Buggy team.
The 42-year-old driver, who won the race in 2011, moved to second in the overall standings some six-and-a-half minutes behind France's Mini-driving 10-time champion Stephane Peterhansel.
"The sand was very soft today and I decided not to go flat out because the car's very new and we still don't know how far it can go. No problems so far," said Al-Attiyah, who won Olympic bronze last year in the shooting competition.
Peterhansel, who had started the day in the overall lead only for Al-Attiyah's teammate and 2010 champion Carlos Sainz to be reinstated over a technical fault the previous day, finished third in the stage while American Robby Gordon was second.
Peterhansel was delighted with the day's work. "Yet another nice stage on the attack, just like we need to, without any navigational mistakes thanks to Jean-Paul (Cottret his navigator)," said the 47-year-old.
The 42-year-old driver, who won the race in 2011, moved to second in the overall standings some six-and-a-half minutes behind France's Mini-driving 10-time champion Stephane Peterhansel.
"The sand was very soft today and I decided not to go flat out because the car's very new and we still don't know how far it can go. No problems so far," said Al-Attiyah, who won Olympic bronze last year in the shooting competition.
Peterhansel, who had started the day in the overall lead only for Al-Attiyah's teammate and 2010 champion Carlos Sainz to be reinstated over a technical fault the previous day, finished third in the stage while American Robby Gordon was second.
Peterhansel was delighted with the day's work. "Yet another nice stage on the attack, just like we need to, without any navigational mistakes thanks to Jean-Paul (Cottret his navigator)," said the 47-year-old.
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