Gordon pips Peterhansel to win Dakar fourth stage
China Daily | Updated: 2010-01-07 08:04
COPIAPO, Chile: American Robby Gordon (pictured) won the fourth stage of the Dakar Rally cars category on Tuesday, a 163 km special stage from Fiambala in northern Argentina to Copiapo in Chile.
Gordon, driving a Hummer, came in an astonishing one second ahead of BMW's Stephane Peterhansel of France, the overall race leader.
Peterhansel held off Qatari rival Nasser Al-Attiyah by 2min 25sec and Spaniard Carlos Sainz - likewise of Volkswagen - by 3min 3sec and is still more than seven minutes ahead of closest challenger Sainz.
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