Nasser Al-Attiyah won stage 4 of the Dakar Rally, his second consecutive stage win of the 2013 edition. Despite Al-Attiyah's success, Stéphane Peterhansel still leads the car class overall after a third place finish in stage 4. Carlos Sainz had a poor day. After losing his second stage victory, Sainz had an electrical problem costing him any shot of a stage victory and ended up finishing two hours, thirty-six minutes and forty-four seconds off Al-Attiyah.
American Robby Gordon did not have any better of a day. Gordon's Hummer was on it's roof for most of the day after a second place finish in stage 3. Gordon was able to finish, however five hours, six minutes and nine seconds back.
As stated above, Peterhansel still leads, five minutes and sixteen seconds ahead of Al-Attiyah. 2009 Dakar Rally winner Giniel de Villiers is in third place, thirty-three minutes and twenty-two seconds back. Following their poor days, Sainz is in twenty-fourth place, three hours, eighteen minutes and nine seconds back and Gordon is fifth place, five hour, fifty-one minutes and thirty-nine seconds back.
Two other Americans are competing in the 2013 Dakar Rally, both in the bike class. Kurt Caselli is in twentieth position in class, twenty-four minutes and thirty-three second back of the bike leader, Olivier Pain of France. Johnny Campbell is in one hundredth and twenty, four hours, fifty-three minutes and twenty-nine seconds back.
Stage five tomorrow will see the competitors go from Arequipa, Peru to Arica, Chile.
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