Peterhansel closes in with victory

Stephane Peterhansel claimed his first stage victory of the 2011 Dakar Rally on Thursday, making huge inroads into Carlos Sainz's overall lead. The BMW driver took advantage of navigational mistakes by the Volkswagens of Sainz and Nasser Al-Attiyah to lead alone over a long stretch of dunes of in the 459km fifth stage from Calama to Iquique in Chile. His lead was almost four minutes at its peak, though Al-Attiyah managed to work back down to 1m24s by the leg's end with Peterhansel stopping to fix a puncture on the way

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