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2010 Dakar Rally Argentina-Chile Stage 9

Al-Attiyah wins third stage, De Villiers third. Nasser Al Attiyah won his third stage on the 2010 Dakar Rally on Monday and led home another Volkswagen 1-2-3 finish between Copiapo and La Serena in Chile. The Qatari and his German co-driver Timo Gottschalk finished 5min 59sec ahead of Spanish team-mates Carlos Sainz and Lucas Cruz [...]

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Miller and Pitchford Third in Dakar

Three Volkswagen Race Touaregs continue to lead the Dakar Rally after Thursday’s 418-km sixth stage from Antofagasta to Iquique in Chile. Spaniards Carlos Sainz and Lucas Cruz extended their lead over team-mates Nasser Al-Attiyah of Qatar and Timo Gottschalk of Germany to 15min 24sec. American Mark Miller and South African Ralph Pitchford, winners of Wednesday’s [...]

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Pitchford and Miller win their first stage; Volkswagens 1-2-3 overall

At the end of Stage 5 in the Dakar Rally in Argentina and Chile, South African off road champion co-driver Ralph Pitchford showed why he is regarded as one of the best in the world when he and American driver Mark Miller won the fifth stage of the Dakar Rally in Chile on Wednesday in [...]

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2010 Dakar Rally Stage 4 – Giniel Recovers to 20th

The top four positions in the Dakar Rally remain unchanged after Tuesday’s 163-km special stage four between Fiambala and Copiapo in Chile, with Volkswagen maintaining its strong showing among the leading cars. For the second day in a row Volkswagen Race Touaregs occupy three of the top four places. Spaniards Carlos Sainz and Lucas Cruz [...]

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