Change on the Dakar.
Spaniard Orlando Terranova (Prodrive) won the sixth stage on Friday, on a 348 km special, a first since 2015 for his 14th participation.
The Swede Mattias Ekstrom, the best ranked Audi hybrid driver, finished second at 1 min 6 sec, ahead of the Saudi Yazeed al-Rajhi (Toyota), at 1 min 49 sec, who achieved the bargain of the day by taking second place. in the general classification to the French Sébastien Loeb.
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Qatar's Nasser al-Attiyah is literally flying away in the standings, now 50 minutes ahead of his two closest opponents.
Consistent and reliable from the start, he loses little when he has to concede time and wins a lot when the window opens.
Loeb lost almost 15 minutes again today and seems to have run out of sporting arguments.