Giniel De Villiers won the 9th stage of the Dakar 2022 on Tuesday in Saudi Arabia.
The South African (Toyota) completed the loop around Wadi Ad Dawasir in 2:23:08, nine seconds ahead of his compatriot Henk Lategan.
Toyota signs a hat-trick as Nasser al-Attiyah takes 3rd place (+ 1'04).
The Qatari, leader of the general classification, swells his lead over runner-up Sébastien Loeb (Prodrive) by one minute and seven seconds, 5th on the day, 2'11 behind De Villiers.
Three stages from the end of the event, the Alsatian is 39 minutes and 5 seconds behind Al-Attiyah, well on his way to winning his 4th Dakar.