Defending champion Carlos Sainz stretched his lead in the Dakar Rally, winning the second stage.
He's trailed by BMW's Stephane Peterhansel and Volkswagen teammate Nasser Al-Attiyah.
Sainz covered the second car leg in northern Argentina in 3 hours, 11 minutes, 38 seconds. Al-Attiyah was 1:03 behind with Peterhansel 1:34 back. In the overall standings, Sainz is 3:05 head of Peterhansel. NASCAR owner/driver Robby Gordon finished 47th in the stage after a delay for mechanical problems and fell to 21st overall, more than one hour behind the frontrunners.
In bikes, defending champion Cyril Despres won the second stage in 3:19:11. Marc Coma was 1:49 behind and David Casteu was 3:46 back. In the overall, Despres is 2:35 in front of Coma.
Faria won the first stage, but was bumped into second by a one-minute penalty for speeding. Despres picked up the victory.
