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Dakar: Sainz wins stage 5, retains lead

Carlos Sainz' Volkswagen

Carlos Sainz' Volkswagen

Associated Press

1/10/2007 2:51:44 PM

TAN-TAN, Morocco (AP) - Carlos Sainz won the fifth stage of the Dakar Rally on Wednesday to keep the overall lead.

The Spanish driver completed the 322.4-kilometre stage from Ouarzazate to Tan-Tan in Morocco in three hours, 36 minutes, 39 seconds. Sainz finished 30 seconds ahead of former Dakar winner Stephane Peterhansel of France, who drove a Mitsubishi. Giniel de Villiers of South Africa was third for Volkswagen, 1:41 behind Sainz.

With 10 stages left, Volkswagen holds the top three spots. Former world rally champion Sainz is 3:36 ahead of second-place de Villiers and Carlos Sousa of Portugal is third, more than 11 minutes behind Sainz.

On Thursday, competitors head into Mauritania on a 390.9-kilometre route from Tan-Tan to Zouerat. The race finishes in Dakar, Senegal, on Jan. 20.




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