Third consecutive stage victory, in cars, for the representative of Qatar Nasser Al Attiyah, who at the wheel of a Toyota won the 337 km timed of the 'special' of the fourth stage, which took the competitors from Wadi Ad-Dawasir to Riyadh, 813 km long.
Al Attiyah's time was 2 hours 35'59 ". In second place, 11" behind, Frenchman Stephane Peterhansel, who kept the lead in the general classification of this raid in which he has already won 13 times.
In motorcycles, stage victory for the Spanish Joan Barreda Bort, on Honda, in 2 hours 46'50 ", ahead of the 'centaur' of Botswana Ross Branch (Yamaha), 5'57" behind, third the Australian Daniel Sanders (Ktm), at 6'09 ".
The Frenchman Xavier De Soultrait (Husqvarna), fifth today, is first in the two-wheeler ranking, with 15 "on Barreda and 3'24" on the Argentine Kevin Benavides on Honda.