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/ 9 January 2007

SA motorcyclist killed in Dakar Rally

South African motorcyclist Elmer Symons was killed in an accident during the fourth stage of the Dakar Rally on Tuesday, race organisers announced. He was the first competitor to die during this year’s race. Organisers were informed during the morning that there had been an accident and a helicopter was despatched to the scene.

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/ 4 January 2006

Sainz marches on in Dakar Rally

Spain’s former two-time world rally champion Carlos Sainz captured his third stage of the Dakar Rally in Morocco on Tuesday to regain the overall lead. The 43-year-old Volkswagen driver won the fourth stage in three hours, 52 minutes and 48 seconds to lead overall by 4:51 from Frenchman Bruno Saby and by 5:09 from German Jutta Kleinschmidt.