IQUIQUE, Chile (AP) — Carlos Sainz in cars and Marc Coma in motorbikes held their overall leads in the Dakar Rally on Thursday, while Stephane Peterhansel and Paulo Goncalves won the fifth stage in northern Chile.
Peterhansel took the stage across the Atacama Desert in 4 hours, 33 minutes, 19 seconds. He was 1:24 ahead of Nasser Al-Attiyah and 3:15 in front of Sainz. Sainz was 2:26 ahead of Peterhansel overall and 2:33 in front of Volkswagen teammate Al-Attiyah.
In bikes, Goncalves finished the stage 2:18 ahead of Francisco Lopez Contardo of Chile and 2:19 in front of Frans Verhoeven. Coma was fourth and led Cyril Despres in the overall by 10:14. Despres picked up a 10-minute penalty in the fourth stage for running off the course.
