Rallying-Loeb eats into Al Attiyah's lead with Dakar second stage win


Rallying - Dakar Rally - Stage 1 - Hail to Hail, Saudi Arabia - January 2, 2022 Bahrain Raid Xtreme's Sebastien Loeb and co-driver Fabian Lurquin in action REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed

(Reuters) -Nine-times world rally champion Sebastien Loeb won Monday's second stage of the Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia to trim Qatari Nasser Al Attiyah's overall lead to just over nine minutes.

The 47-year-old Frenchman finished three minutes and 28 seconds ahead of the Toyota driver, who won Saturday's prologue and Sunday's first stage but had to go first and clear the way on Monday's 338km timed stage from Ha'il to Al Qaisumah.

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