Saudi Arabia's Yazeed Al Rajhi (Toyota) won the tenth stage of the Dakar between Neon and Al-Ula, in Saudi Arabia, while Frenchman Stéphane Peterhansel (Mini) maintained control of the overall standings in the car category two stages from the end of the running.
Al-Rajhi prevailed at the end of the 583 km, ahead of Qatari Nasser Al-Attiyah (Toyota) by 2'04 "and Peterhansel by 2'53".
In the general classification, Peterhansel, nicknamed 'Monsieur Dakar' for his thirteen successes in the famous rally-raid, is still in the lead with an advantage of 17'01 "over Al-Attiyah, and is on his way to 14 / o success, at thirty years since the first, obtained by motorcycle. Third is the Spaniard Carlos Sainz, winner of the event in 2020, more than an hour behind the leader.
Tomorrow the 11th and penultimate stage, a special of 511 km, is the longest of the 43rd edition of the rally-raid