Dakar Saudi Arabia delivered another scintillating penultimate day of racing to see the lead battles tighten up following the closest of finishes in both the car and bike races on Thursday. Stephane Peterhansel beat Nasser Al Attiyah to win the car race by just ten seconds, as Attiyah cut Carlos Sainz’ overall lead in half, while third overall Peterhansel closed his gap to Attiyah down to all of five seconds. It was just as good in the bikes, as Pablo Quintanilla fought off Matthias Walkner to take the day’s 374km race to Hradah by no more than nine seconds, as he likewise slashed his deficit to overall bike race leader Ricky Brabec in half too. 13-time Dakar winner on two and four...
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