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Frenchman Peterhansel, whose 13 wins on two
wheels and four have cemented his nickname of 'Mr Dakar', leads
defending champion Sainz by six minutes and 37 seconds in the
car category.
Al-Attiyah won the mainly sandy 457km stage from Bisha to Wadi
ad-Dawasir to move up to third overall, more than nine minutes
off the lead, from 10th.
"Yesterday we lost a lot of time because we opened the way and
it was not really good for us and we didn't take risks. But
today we went flat out and everything is working very, very
well," said the Toyota driver.
Peterhansel was second on the stage, more than two and a half
minutes behind.
"This morning there was a little, or rather a lot, of stress
because it was the first dunes, but also the car was full of
diesel which meant it was really heavy. So, the priority was not
to get stuck," he said.
Peterhansel was still nearly seven minutes clear of triple
champion Sainz, first off after winning Sunday's stage.
The 58-year-old Spaniard finished the stage third fastest in his
X-Raid Mini JCW Buggy but dropped to second overall.
Nine-times world rally champion Sebastian Loeb was sixth fastest
on the stage, an improvement after punctures and errors on
Sunday.
In the motorcycle category, Spaniard Joan Barreda took over at
the front from Australian KTM rider Toby Price, who dropped to
15th. The stage win was Barreda's 25th in Dakar competition.
His Honda team mate and defending champion Ricky Brabec of the
United States moved up to second overall.
Eighteen-year-old American Seth Quintero became the youngest
Dakar stage winner in all categories after leading home the
light prototype T3 class.
(Reporting by Alan Baldwin, editing by Christian Radnedge)
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