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Dakar Rally – Stéphane Peterhansel eats into Sainz car lead ahead of rest day.

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Eduard Nikolaev (RUS) of Team KAMAZ-Master races during stage 06 of Rally Dakar 2020 from Ha il to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on January 10, 2020

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Luciano Benavides (ARG) of Red Bull KTM Factory Team races during stage 06 of Rally Dakar 2020 from Ha il to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on January 10, 2020

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Nasser Al-Attiyah (QAT) of Toyota Gazoo Racing races during stage 06 of Rally Dakar 2020 from Ha il to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on January 10, 2020

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Matthias Walkner (AUT) of Red Bull KTM Factory Team races during stage 6 of Rally Dakar 2020 from Hail to Riyad, Saudi Arabia on January 10, 2020.

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Giniel De Villiers (ZAF) and Alex Haro Bravo (ESP) of Toyota Gazoo Racing Team races during stage 6 of Rally Dakar 2020 from Hail to Riyad, Saudi Arabia on January 10, 2020.

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Ignacio Casale (CHL) of Yamaha Casale Racing Team races during stage 6 of Rally Dakar 2020 from Hail to Riyad, Saudi Arabia on January 10, 2020.

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Stephane Peterhansel (FRA) and Paulo Fiuza (PRT) of Bahrain JCW X-Raid Mini Team races during stage 6 of Rally Dakar 2020 from Hail to Riyad, Saudi Arabia on January 10, 2020.

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Toby Price (AUS) of Red Bull KTM Factory Team races during stage 6 of Rally Dakar 2020 from Hail to Riyad, Saudi Arabia on January 10, 2020.

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Stéphane Peterhansel triumphed on Friday’s stage six to take a chunk out of his car rivals Carlos Sainz and Nasser Al-Attiyah at the 2020 Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia as the convoy heads into a well earned rest day on Saturday.

Here is all you need to know:

– The first week of the inaugural Saudi Arabian Dakar concluded with a dash over 352 km of sand dunes between Ha’il and Riyadh before the day off, which leads into tackling six more challenging stages from Sunday onwards towards the chequered flag in Qiddiya.

– Frenchman Peterhansel has won the Dakar a record 13 times on two and four wheels, however he will need a strong second week as his stage win only saw him take a small chunk out of Spaniard Sainz’s lead and Qatari Al-Attiyah overall.

– Two-time winner Sainz has a lead of over seven minutes from Al-Attiyah with Peterhansel over 15 minutes back in third, South African Giniel de Villiers just under an hour back and Polish driver Kuba Przygonski in 38th spot over eight hours behind.

– Defending champion Al-Attiyah, 49, admitted: “I’m a little disappointed because we’re really going at our maximum and still we’re not catching the buggy (Sainz). We need to do a really good job in the second week. Things will get tougher, but we’re ready for this.”

– In the bike category, American Ricky Brabec won again on stage six to increase his lead over Chilean Pablo Quintanilla to over 20 minutes with defending champion Toby Price 25 minutes behind in third place and Austrian Matthias Walkner 33 minutes back in sixth.

– Argentine Luciano Benavides will welcome the rest day in seventh overall as Slovakian Stefan Svitko enjoys a top-10 spot with Spaniard Laia Sanz 18th, Argentina’s Kevin Benavides 28th, Indian CS Santosh 36th and UAE’s Mohammed Balooshi 42nd after a tough first week.

– Australian Price, 32, revealed: “Around the 400 km mark my rear tyre fell off. Andrew Short (USA) gave me his wheel, so I didn’t have to ride in on the rim.”

– With 3,700 km covered between Jeddah and Riyadh, Russian Andrey Karginov extended his truck lead over compatriot Anton Shibalov to nearly 20 minutes but their Team Kamaz Master colleague and five-time winner Eduard Nikolaev retired due to technical issues.

– Karginov, 43, said: “The dunes were small, but I think that’s a good way to prepare for what’s to come. In the second week, we’re expecting huge dunes.”

– Defending side-by-side champion Chaleco Lopez of Chile can relax a bit on Saturday knowing he has a lead of just under 10 minutes over American Casey Currie with American Mitch Guthrie Jr. fifth as Frenchman Cyril Despres and Swiss Mike Horn came in fourth on the day.

– Lopez, 44, enthused: “Every day has been good. It was a good, very strong first week.”

– American Blade Hildebrand also got through to ensure all three of the OT3 by Overdrive machines will start the second half of the world’s most arduous off-road race.

– The most straightforward first week belongs to two-time quad champion Ignacio Casale of Chile, who has a cushion of over half an hour from France’s Simon Vitse.

– Casale, 32, explained: “I had an impact with another competitor. After that, I broke my exhaust and I lost my rear brakes. That said, I managed to ride a good stage.”

– Saturday’s rest day will see the competitors work alongside engineers and mechanics on their vehicles.

Top three overall results in each category

Car
1. Carlos Sainz (ESP)/Lucas Cruz (ESP) MINI Buggy 23h 33m 05s
2. Nasser Al-Attiyah (QAT)/Mathieu Baumel (FRA) Toyota +07m 46s
3. Stéphane Peterhansel (FRA)/Paulo Fiuza (PRT) MINI Buggy +16m 18s

Bike
1. Ricky Brabec (USA) Honda 23h 43m 47s
2. Pablo Quintanilla (CHI) Husqvarna +20m 56s
3. Toby Price (AUS) KTM +25m 39s

Truck
1. Andrey Karginov (RUS) Kamaz 25h 06m 20s
2. Anton Shibalov (RUS) Kamaz +19m 14s
3. Siarhei Viazovich (BLR) Maz +36m 30s

Side-by-side
1. Chaleco Lopez (CHI)/Juan Pablo Latrach Vinagre (CHI) Can-Am 28h 52m 26s
2. Casey Currie (USA)/Sean Berriman (USA) Can-Am +09m 48s
3. Sergei Kariakin (RUS)/Anton Vlasiuk (RUS) Can-Am +30m 24s

Quad
1. Ignacio Casale (CHI) Yamaha 30h 11m 37s
2. Simon Vitse (FRA) Yamaha +35m 12s
3. Rafal Sonik (POL) Yamaha +01h 07m 17s

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