Peterhansel was expected to triumph over the day's 290 kilometres, but it was another former Dakar winner who was victorious at the wheel of his new machine. Nasser Al-Attiyah was the quickest today by 54 seconds. Behind him, after Stephane Peterhansel, the Qatari's team-mate Robby Gordon confirmed that the imposing American 4x4s were reliable in these types of conditions. Holowczyc and Roma complete the Top 5, shared between the Maxi Hummers and the Mini All4.
The result of this second stage means that Frenchman Stephane Peterhansel has taken control of the general standings with a lead of 2'28” over American Robby Gordon (Hummer), who only leads the Mini of Polish driver Holowczyc by 5 seconds. Giniel De Villiers (SAF) in his Toyota is fourth, 3'49” behind, and Nani Roma is in fifth place, 5'32” behind, whilst currently leading Nasser Al-Attiyah who, by shear force of will, picked up sixth place today.
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