Friday, January 9, 2009

Dakar 2009 - Stage 6 - San Rafael - Mendoza - Breaking News: Al-Attiyah disqualified



Nasser Al-Attiyah has been disqualified for missing hidden waypoints on today's stage of the Argentina-Chile Dakar Rally. The Qatari was leading after yesterday's stage to Mendoza, but complained of overheating and a possible cracked cylinder head to his BMW engineers last night. Only 5 kms into the stage that was shortened from 394 to 178 kilometres, Al Attiyah soon found the water temperature rocketing to 130 degrees with the first dunes approaching. (Marathonrally.com)

Standings after stage 6

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