Motorsport
Gordon pips Peterhansel
2010-01-05 21:26
Stephane Peterhansel (File)
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Chile - American Robby Gordon won the fourth stage of the Dakar Rally cars category Tuesday, a 163 km special stage from Fiambala in northern Argentina to Copiapo in Chile.
Gordon, driving a Hummer, came in an astonishing one second ahead of BMW's Stephane Peterhansel of France, the overall race leader.
Peterhansel held off Qatari rival Nasser Al-Attiyah by 2min 25sec and Spaniard Carlos Sainz - likewise of Volkswagen - by 3min 3sec.
KTM rider Marc Coma won the fourth stage of the motorcycling category after coming in 2min 4sec ahead of Frenchman David Casteu of Sherco.
Another Frenchman, Cyril Despres of KTM, who was third on the day 3min 14sec off the pace, retained his overall lead.
Dakar rally results on Tuesday in the 589 km fourth stage from Fiambala in Argentina to Copiapo, 163km of which is timed:
Cars
1. Robby Gordon (USA/Hummer) 1hr 40min 21sec, 2. Stephane Peterhansel (FRA/BMW) at 1sec, 3. Nasser Al-Attiyah (QAT/Volkswagen) 2:26, 4. Carlos Sainz (ESP/Volkswagen) 3:04, 5. Giniel De Villiers (RSA/Volkswagen) 4:14, 6. Mark Miller (USA/Volkswagen) 6:14, 7. Orlando Terranova (ARG/Stradale) 9:06, 8. Robert Baldwin (USA/Hummer) 10:53, 9. Leonid Novitskiy (RUS/BMW) 11:04, 10. Mauricio Neves (BRA/Volkswagen) 11:22
Overall standings
1. Stephane Peterhansel (FRA/BMW) 10:54:50, 2. Carlos Sainz (ESP/Volkswagen) at 7:36, 3. Nasser Al-Attiyah (QAT/Volkswagen) 9:56, 4. Mark Miller (USA/Volkswagen) 19:25, 5. Andrew Cox (RSA/Nissan) 59:30, 6. Krzysztof Holowczyc (POL/Nissan) 1:00:38, 7. Carlos Sousa (POR/Stradale) 1:03:00, 8. Robby Gordon (USA/Hummer) 1:04:53, 9. Guilherme Spinelli (BRA/Stradale) 1:16:23, 10. Mauricio Neves (BRA/Volkswagen) 1:20:35
Motorbikes
1. Marc Coma (ESP/KTM) 1hr 46min 58sec, 2. David Casteu (FRA/Sherco) at 2:04, 3. Cyril Despres (FRA/KTM) 3:14, 4. Francisco Lopez (CHI/Aprilia) 5:06, 5. Paulo Gon?alves (POR/BMW) 6:59, 6. Luca Manca (ITA/KTM) 8:36, 7. Jakub Przygonski (POL/KTM) 8:43, 8. Olivier Pain (FRA/Yamaha) 9:00, 9. Helder Rodrigues (POR/Yamaha) 9:02, 10. Pal Ullevalseter (NOR/KTM) 9:04, 11. David Fretigne (FRA/Yamaha) 10:06
Overall standings
1. Cyril Despres (FRA/KTM) 10:44:16, 2. David Casteu (FRA/Sherco) at 8:53, 3. Helder Rodrigues (POR/Yamaha) 23:45, 4. Luca Manca (ITA/KTM) 29:51, 5. Alain Duclos (FRA/KTM) 38:20, 6. Marc Coma (ESP/KTM) 38:50, 7. Francisco Lopez (CHI/Aprilia) 39:07, 8. Jonah Street (USA/KTM) 43:06, 9. Pal Ullevalseter (NOR/KTM) 51:13, 10. Paulo GonCalves (POR/BMW) 56:58