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
American driver Robby Gordon won the ninth leg of the Dakar Rally on Tuesday, and French rival Stephane Peterhansel finished second to maintain his overall lead in the car category.
Driving a Hummer, Gordon took the 345-mile special stage in 4 hours, 35 minutes, 21 seconds. Peterhansel was 1:38 behind, with Joan Roma of Spain 8:37 off the lead.
Peterhansel leads Gordon by … More