Rallying - Dakar Rally - Stage 7 - Riyadh to Al Dawadimi, Saudi Arabia - January 9, 2022 Bahrain Raid Xtreme's Sebastien Loeb and co-driver Fabian Lurquin in action during stage 7 REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed
(Reuters) - Frenchman Sebastien Loeb cut Nasser Al Attiyah's substantial Dakar Rally lead on Monday in an eighth stage in Saudi Arabia won by Audi's Mattias Ekstroem.
Nine times world rally champion Loeb finished third for the Bahrain Raid Xtreme team in the 395km stage from Al Dawadimi to Wadi Ad Dawasir to cut his Toyota rival's lead from 45 minutes to just under 38 with four stages remaining.
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