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Arequipa - France's Cyril Despres claimed his fourth stage win on the Dakar Rally on Thursday between Arica, Chile, to here to extend his overall lead over Spain's defending motorbike champion Marc Coma.
Despres - whose relations with KTM team-mate Coma deteriorated after stewards halved the Frenchman's huge deficit on Monday's stage - added more than two minutes to his advantage on the Spaniard to 2min 22sec in the overall standings.
It was also the French rider's 30th stage victory on the Dakar.
He finished the 534km special (705km overall) 1min 39sec ahead of another KTM rider Gerard Farres Guell of Spain with Coma third at 2min 01.
Dakar Rally results after Thursday's 11th stage, a 534km special from Arica, Chile to Arequipa:
Motorbikes
Stage
1. Cyril Despres (FRA) KTM 4hr 3min 37sec, 2. Gerard Farres Guell (ESP) KTM at 1min 39sec, 3. Marc Coma (ESP) KTM 2:01, 4. Johnny Aubert (FRA) KTM 3:30, 5. Juan Barreda Bort (ESP) Husqvarna 4:53, 6. Felipe Zanol (BRA) KTM 5:37, 7. Jordi Viladoms (ESP) KTM 5:54, 8. Helder Rodrigues (POR) Yamaha 7:44, 9. Pal Ullevalseter (NOR) KTM 7:44, 10. Stefan Svitko (SVK) KTM 10:18.
Overall standings
1. Cyril Despres (FRA) KTM 37hr 11min 16sec, 2. Marc Coma (ESP) KTM at 2min 22sec, 3. Helder Rodrigues (POR) Yamaha 1hr 08min 40sec, 4. Jordi Viladoms (ESP) KTM 1hr 24:46, 5. Stefan Svitko (SVK) KTM 1hr 34:56, 6. Gerard Farres Guell (ESP) KTM 1hr 37:00, 7. Pal Ullevalseter (NOR) KTM 2hr 04:06, 8. Alessandro Botturi (ITA) KTM 2hr 29:26, 9. Olivier Pain (FRA) Yamaha 2hr 40:15, 10. Felipe Zanol (BRA) KTM 3hr 09:37
