RIYADH: Yazeed Al-Rajhi rebounded from a costly mishap to win the seventh stage of the Dakar Rally after starting 40th on Saturday. Nasser Al-Attiyah took it easy and finished 19 minutes behind, and retained his overall lead by more than an hour. Al-Rajhi crashed on Friday and lost five hours making repairs to his Toyota. He tumbled from third overall to 35th, effectively
Sebastien Loeb led another powerful recovery by Bahrain Raid Xtreme in the Dakar Rally Friday, as Al Attiyah gained a huge overall lead when his three closest rivals were removed from contention.
Loeb gave Bahrain Raid Xtreme a second successive stage victory in the Dakar Rally Wednesday after a spectacular battle in Saudi Arabia with the event’s most prolific winner
The Saudi overcame first day motion sickness that cost him around 10 valuable minutes to win the second of the weekend’s two selective sections through the Al Qudra desert to guarantee the title and a winning margin of 67 seconds over Overdrive Racing team-mate Lucas Moraes.