
Dakar: Al-Attiyah extends lead, Roma crashes
Nasser Al-Attiyah took a dominant victory on stage 10 of the 2015 Dakar Rally, as X-raid Mini teammate Nani Roma spectacularly crashed out.
Al-Attiyah's fourth stage win of the event boosted his advantage to more than 28 minutes with main rival Giniel de Villiers dropping over four minutes with the fifth-fastest stage time. But while the run from Calama to Salta put a further dent in Imperial Toyota de Villiers' victory bid, it was absolutely disastrous for 2014 Dakar winner Roma.
won his first stage of this year's edition
on Tuesday before rolling several times 120 miles into the 534-mile run on the 10th day. He and his co-driver were reported unhurt.Al-Attiyah's nearest opposition came from Orlando Terranova, whose overall rally bid was thwarted on day four, with the third X-raid driver coming through 1m28s slower than his teammate.
Despite de Villiers' having a muted run to fifth the South African remains second overall, almost 15 minutes clear of fellow Toyota driver Yazeed Al-Rajhi, who was third-fastest on stage 10.
Peugeot's difficult Dakar improved slightly, with Stephane Peterhansel ninth quickest and rising to 11th on the leaderboard.
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