Defending champion Al-Attiyah closed in on Dakar2023 rally leader Sainz after taking victory in today's second stage. Full report:
Toyota's Al-Attiyah overturned a 1m34s deficit to Erik van Loon on the final split of the 430km Sea Camp to Alula stage, the fourth-longest stage of the 2023 Dakar, to win Monday's contest by 14s from the Overdrive entrant.to second place, 2m12s behind Audi's Sainz in the overall classification.
The three-time Dakar Rally winner took third on the stage behind Al-Attiyah and van Loon, ending the day having conceded 5m05s to Al-Attiyah. "It was just a question of going very slow and trying to avoid a puncture. That was the only goal of the stage and in the end we had three."We had to try and repair one of the tyres and it took us a long time."
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