Sainz takes overall lead in Dakar

Sainz won stage two in his Volkswagen on Sunday

Spain's Carlos Sainz went top of the overall standings after finishing second behind Giniel De Villiers in the third stage of the Dakar Rally.

France's Stephane Peterhansel finished third on the 252km leg between Nador and Rachidia in Morocco.

In the motorbike section, reigning champion Marc Coma of Spain finished first ahead of American Chris Blais.

Isidre Esteve Pujol, also of Spain, was third and took the overall lead, 26 seconds ahead of Coma.

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Dakar Rally stage 3 result (cars):
1 Giniel De Villiers (SA) Volkswagen 2hrs 46mins 12secs
2 Carlos Sainz (Spa) Volkswagen at 0:25secs
3 Stephane Peterhansel (Fra) Mitsubishi at 3mins 18secs
4 Luc Alphand (Fra) Mitsubishi at 3:42
5 Mark Miller (USA) Volkswagen at 3:55
6 Carlos Sousa (Por) Volkswagen at 5:36
7 Hiroshi Masuoka (Jpn) Mitsubishi at 5:40
8 Nani Roma (Spa) Mitsubishi at 9:18
9 Guerlain Chicherit (Fra) BMW at 9:20
10 Nasser Saleh Al Attiyah (Qat) BMW at 12:16

Cars overall standings:
1 Carls Sainz (Spa) Volkswagen 5hrs 09mins 19secs
2 Giniel De Villiers (Rsa) Volkswagen at 1:02
3 Carlos Sousa (Por) Volkswagen at 4:26
4 Stephane Peterhansel (Fra) Mitsubishi at 6:03
5 Mark Miller (USA) Volkswagen at 9:12
6 Hiroshi Masuoka (Jpn) Mitsubishi at 11:17
7 Nani Roma (Spa) Mitsubishi at 11:37
8 Luc Alphand (Fra) Mitsubishi at 11:59
9 Guerlain Chicherit (Fra) BMW at 12:59
10 Nasser Saleh Al Attiyah (Qat) BMW at 22:39

Stage 3 result (bikes):
1 Marc Coma (Spa) KTM 3hrs 07mins 39secs
2 Chris Blais (USA) KTM at 0:56secs
3 Isidre Esteve Pujol (Spa) KTM at 2mins 57secs
4 David Casteu (Fra) KTM at 3:28
5 Jonah Street (USA) Pai at 6:34
6 Alain Duclos (Fra) KTM at 8:05
7 Jordi Viladoms (Spa) KTM at 8:53
8 Jean De Azevedo (Bra) KTM at 10:46
9 Frans Verhoeven (Ned) KTM at 12:20
10 Francisco Lopez (Chi) Honda at 14:54

Bikes overall standings:
1 Isidre Esteve Pujol (Spa) KTM 5hrs 42mins 12secs
2 Marc Coma (Spa) KTM at 0:26secs
3 David Casteu (Fra) KTM at 1min 03secs
4 Jonah Street (USA) Pai at 6:58
5 Chris Blais (USA) KTM at 8:37
6 Helder Rodrigues (Por) Yamaha at 13:57
7 Alain Duclos (Fra) KTM at 15:24
8 Jordi Viladoms (Spa) KTM at 15:33
9 Frans Verhoeven (Ned) KTM at 16:31
10 Jean De Azevedo (Bra) KTM at 17:37