Al-Attiyah wins 7th stage of Dakar

By foxsports
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Defending champion Nasser Al-Attiyah of Qatar won Saturday's seventh stage of the Dakar Rally with Stephane Peterhansel of France finishing third and keeping the overall lead.

In motorbikes, defending champ Marc Coma of Spain won the stage and Cyril Despres of France finished second and kept the overall lead.

The special stage was 260 miles in a loop course that began and ended in the northern city of Copiapo.

Friday's sixth stage was canceled because of dangerous, snowy conditions across a 15,400-feet Andean pass from Argentina to Chile.