Robby Gordon of the United States won the 12th stage and Stephane Peterhansel of France kept his overall lead in the Dakar Rally on Friday.
Gordon won the 152-mile special stage in a Hummer, while Peterhansel retained his overall in front of … More
Stephane Peterhansel of France won the 11th stage of the Dakar Rally on Thursday to increase his overall lead in the car category to more than 22 minutes from Mini teammate Joan Roma of Spain.
American driver Robby Gordon was third after the 10th stage but he had a series of mechanical breakdowns in his Hummer and dropped out of contention, almost   … More
Hummer driver Robby Gordon has refused to give up on his dream of winning Dakar 2012 despite a clash with rival Stéphane Peterhansel that cost him more than 14 minutes on the event’s final day in Chile before the border crossing into Peru on Thursday.
Gordon started Wednesday’s 10th stage from Iquique to Arica, which featured a 234-mile competitive section, less than six minutes behind X-raid Mini pilot Peterhansel, albeit running first on the road. The rivals swapped position on several occasions before disaster struck for  … More
Stephane Peterhansel edged closer to a 10th Dakar Rally victory as Robby Gordon and Krzysztof Holowczyc, his two nearest rivals at the start of the day, suffered a variety of afflictions on stage 10.
Gordon lost more than 11 minutes on the special stage when he went off track and damaged the front left of his car. Such woes were then compounded by news that stewards had decided to disqualify his Hummer for technical non-compliance after stage nine. Gordon has  … More