Toyota's defending champion Nasser Al-Attiyah took the lead in the Dakar Rally on Tuesday after Audi's Carlos Sainz hit trouble on a shortened stage three in the Saudi Arabian desert.
The 60-year-old triple Dakar champion then lost more time with navigational problems and dropped out of the top 10. Al-Attiyah leads Al Rajhi by 13 minutes and 19 seconds overall with 11 stages still to come before the rally ends in Dammam on Jan 15. In the motorcycle category, 2020 champion Ricky Brabec - the first American to win the endurance event - retired after crashing and being taken to hospital for tests after suffering neck pain.
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