BUENOS AIRES (AP) Qatari driver Nasser Al-Attiyah won the second stage of the Dakar Rally on Sunday, a victory which also gave him the overall lead ahead of Volkswagen teammate Carlos Sainz of Spain and France's Stephane Peterhansel in a BMW.
In the motorbikes category, David Fretigne on a Yamaha was the stage winner, but David Casteau's second-place finish was enough to give him the overall lead. Marc Coma finished third in the stage from Cordoba to La Rioja in north central Argentina.
"Everything is going great," Al-Attiyah said. "Not being happy with today's stage would be hard to do. The conditions were pretty difficult. There was rain, fog — a bit of everything. But it was a good experience because we made no mistake at all."