After retroactively being given a victory of the second stage of the 2013 Dakar Rally, Carlos Sainz has had that decision reversed and the stage 2 results will go back to as they were originally posted.
The GPS on Sainz's Buggy had failed to acknowledge the Spaniard had past the waypoint, forcing Sainz to turn around and past it again, costing him over twenty minutes. The decision to overturn the retroactive stage 2 results was determined after the organizers found the secondary GPS was working properly on Sainz's car and should have picked up the problem.
Stéphane Peterhansel had originally won stage 2 and is now the overall leader after three stages. The Frenchman is six minutes and thirty-three seconds ahead of stage 3 winner Nasser Al-Attiyah overall. Carlos Sainz drops back to tenth place, forty-two minutes and forty-two seconds off Peterhansel. The American pairing of Robby Gordon and Kellon Walch are currently thirteenth overall, forty-six minutes and forty-seven seconds back after finishing second in stage 3.
Today, stage 4 goes from Nazca, Peru to Arequipa, Peru, a 717 km (445.54 miles) stage for the car and truck classes, 718 km (446.14 miles) stage for bikes and quads.
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