BAMAKO: Defending champion Hiroshi Masuoka admitted on Sunday that the decision to cancel two stages of the Dakar Rally has killed off his outside hopes of winning a third successive title.
Stages 10 and 11, due to be run on Saturday and Sunday and compromising 800 kilometres of competitive action, were called off due to reports of armed gangs operating in the border areas.
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