Peterhansel Increases Dakar Rally Lead During Stage 11

MINI Motorsport reports that, irrespective of Robby Gordon's appealed disqualification, following Stage 11 Stephane Peterhansel has a lead of 2:10:31 hours over Gordon for the overall 2012 Dakar Rally victory and won the stage. Nani Roma is now 22:49 behind Peterhansel. MINIs placed in five of the top six in Stage 11:

11th stage:
1. Peterhansel (MINI) 3:56:53
2. Roma (MINI) 4:37:00
3. Dos Santos (MINI) 4:05:49
4. De Villiers (Toyota) 4:06:21
5. Novitskiy (MINI) 4:07:08
6. Holowczyc (MINI) 4:09:08

Here's the tape (www.facebook.com/dakar © Amaury Sport Organisation via Brian Adkins @ Facebook):