Defending car champion Nasser Al-Attiyah extended his overall lead in this year's Dakar Rally by winning Thursday's fifth stage in his Toyota. | Sport24news
The Qatari ace's smooth day contrasted to Daniel Sanders, the overnight leader in the motorcycling category who imploded with a series of navigating errors.
However, the Frenchman, a world rally champion for a record nine times, lost another 20 minutes on Thursday after rolling his car."We landed and hit a big bit of camel grass and ended up with the car on its side."There was no problem with the car, so that was quite good."Sanders was not the only leader to get lost as Wednesday's stage winner Joan Barreda also lost his bearings.
His Honda team-mate Jose Ignacio Cornejo - who had selflessly stopped to aid an injured rival on Wednesday - finished second, just 13sec off the pace.
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