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Peterhansel takes the lead on day two of the Dakar as De Villiers climbs to 6th─── 09:36 Tue, 07 Jan 2014
Morgan Piek
Bloemfontein - Eleven-time champion Stephane Peterhansel of France took the overall lead in the car division of the Dakar Rally, winning the second stage of the gruelling race.
Peterhansel finished 46 seconds ahead of Spain's Carlos Sainz and 5 minutes 34 seconds in front of Giniel De Villiers of South Africa.
Peterhansel leads the overall car standings by 28 seconds ahead of Sainz and has a 4 minute 10 second advantage over Nasser Al-Attiyah of Qatar.
De Villiers who was in 17th overall after the first day, jumped nine places into 6th overall.
Today’s third stage runs north from San Rafael to San Juan in Argentina.
