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Thursday’s stage, made hazardous for competitors by some particularly tricky navigation, saw the three PEUGEOT 3008DKRs lock out the podium for the fourth time since the start of the 2017 Dakar #rally. The result has taken the three crews even further clear at the top of the leaderboard. Peterhansel/Cottret notched up their third stage victory of the #event and are back in the lead, although the day’s sporting news was marred by the accidental injury sustained by biker Simon Marcic. • Stage 10 of the 2017 Dakar #rally provided crews with more complex navigation which caused many of them to squander chunks of time as they endeavoured to trigger the Passage Control waypoints. Meanwhile, Peterhansel/Cottret collided with a motorcycle competitor travelling in the opposite direction along a narrow trail. The 2016 winners stopped to provide the biker with assistance. Deeply affected by the incident, they stayed with him until the arrival at the scene of the medical helicopter approximately a quarter-of-an-hour after the accident. Once the minutes spent attending to the motorcyclist were subtracted from the French pair’s time, they were accredited with their third fastest time of this year’s #event and they currently top the provisional standings by a margin of 5m50s. The rider, Simon Marcic, suffered an open tibia-fibula fracture. • Like the majority of their fellow competitors, Loeb/Elena fell foul to the day’s challenging navigation. They got lost on several occasions and dropped time triggering certain Passage Control waypoints. They recovered brilliantly during the latter part of the stage, however, to post the day’s second-fastest effort. • Despres/Castera did a solid job on the navigational front to round out Team Peugeot Total’s one-two-three finish. No team orders have yet been issued. TYPE OF TERRAIN: trial-like portions, tracks, water crossings. CONDITIONS: frequent difficult navigation. TEMPERATURE: between 23°C and 43°C AVERAGE SPEED: 108kph TOP SPEED: 186kph CLASSIFICATION – LEG 10: 1. PETERHANSEL Stéphane (FRA) / COTTRET J-P. (FRA), PEUGEOT #3008dkr, 4h47m0s 2. LOEB Sébastien (FRA) / ELENA Daniel (MON), PEUGEOT #3008dkr, +7m28s 3. DESPRES Cyril (FRA) / David CASTERA (FRA), PEUGEOT #3008dkr, +10m1s 4. AL RAHJI Yazeed (SAU) / GOTTSCHALK Timo (GER), Mini, +19m3s 5. TERRANOVA Orlando (ARG) / SCHULZ Andreas, Mini, +20m12s PROVISIONAL STANDINGS AFTER LEG 10: 1. PETERHANSEL Stéphane (FRA) / COTTRET J-P. (FRA), PEUGEOT #3008dkr, 24h58m43s 2. LOEB Sébastien (FRA) / ELENA Daniel (MON), PEUGEOT #3008dkr, +5m50s 3. DESPRES Cyril (FRA) / David CASTERA (FRA), PEUGEOT #3008dkr, +25m40s 4. ROMA Nani (ESP) / HARO Bravo (ESP), Toyota Hilux, +1h0m55s 5. DE VILLIERS Giniel (ZAF) / VON ZITZEWITZ Dirk (ZAF), Toyota Hilux, +1h42m54
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