Nasser Al-Attiyah holds huge lead over Sebastien Loeb going into Dakar finale
SHAYBAH, Saudi Arabia — Nasser Al-Attiyah has come out of Saudi Arabia's Empty Quarter cushioned by a huge lead of an hour and a half going into the last weekend of theSebastien Loeb won a rare fifth stage in a row on Friday and improved to second overall. But he trailed Al-Attiyah by 1 hour, 27 minutes.
"If we finish in the top five each day, that's OK for me, we have a big enough lead,” Al-Attiyah said. Loeb became only the second driver in the elite car category to win five straight stages, after Ari Vatanen in 1989. Mattias Ekstrom was second, more than three minutes back. Price, thanks also to bonus time from opening the way, replaced Skyler Howes on top of the general rankings, 28 seconds ahead.
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