France enjoyed a double coup at the Dakar Rally Sunday, with Cyril Despres winning the motorbikes section and Stéphane Peterhansel emerging victorious in the cars category, the latter marking his 10th Dakar crown.
France looked poised for a French double celebration Saturday as Stephane Peterhansel was on the brink of a 10th Dakar Rally title and Cyril Despres looked certain to win the motorcycling division. The event is due to end Sunday.
Qatar’s Nasser Al-Attiyah won the seventh stage of the Dakar Rally in Chile Saturday. France’s Stephane Peterhansel kept the overall lead, while defending champion Marc Coma of Spain won the stage in motorbikes. The rally ends Jan. 15 in Lima, Peru.
Joan Roma of Spain won the third stage of the Dakar Rally while Krzysztof Holowczyc of Poland led overall on Tuesday. Frenchman Cyril Despres won the motorcycle stage to claimed first place overall.
Qatar's defending Dakar Rally car champion Nasser Al-Attiyah took Monday's second stage despite engine trouble that set him back 10 minutes on Sunday. Motorcycling champion Marc Coma had earlier won his 17th career stage.
Argentinian motorcyclist Jorge Martinez Boero was killed Sunday in an accident shortly after the launch of South America's Dakar Rally. The 15-day race will end in Peru.
Australia's Casey Stoner beat US rider Ben Spies to the finish line to win the last race of the Motorcycling Grand Prix season in Valencia on Sunday and secure his position as world champion.
Germany’s Stefan Bradl was declared world motorcycling champion in the Moto2 category after vision problems forced his only rival, the Spaniard Marc Marquez, to pull out of the season's final race.
Honda rider Marco Simoncelli suffered fatal injuries in a crash on turn 11 at the Malaysian Grand Prix on Sunday. Simoncelli won the MotoGP world championship in 2008.
The Australian Casey Stoner won the Czech motorcycling Grand Prix in Brno on Sunday, clinching a sixth victory in this season’s 11 races so far. He is placed 32 points ahead of last year's winner, Spain's Jorge Lorenzo.
