Rallying - Dakar Rally - Stage 1 - Jeddah to Bisha - Jeddah, Saudi Arabia - January 3, 2021 X-Raid Mini JCW Team's Stephane Peterhansel and Co-Driver Edouard Boulanger in action during stage 1 REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed
(Reuters) - Record Dakar winner Stephane Peterhansel took over from Mini team mate Carlos Sainz as race leader on Monday with Qatar's Nasser Al-Attiyah roaring back in the second stage in Saudi Arabia.
Frenchman Peterhansel, whose 13 wins on two wheels and four have cemented his nickname of 'Mr Dakar', leads defending champion Sainz by six minutes and 37 seconds in the car category.
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