BMW driver Nasser Saleh Al Attiyah won the 10th stage of the Dakar rally on Tuesday. The Qatari driver completed the 227-mile route beginning and ending in the desert oasis of Nema in 3 hours, 49 minutes, 48 seconds. Hiroshi Masuoka of Japan, driving a Mitsubishi, was second, 28 seconds behind Al Attiyah. In third was Mark Miller of the United States in a Volkswagen, who finished the trek across the Mauritanian desert in 3:51:37. Stephane Peterhansel of France is the overall leader, 9:56 ahead of defending champion Luc Alphand. American Robby Gordon finished 23rd and remained in eighth place overall, 6 hours, 52 minutes and 54 seconds behind Peterhansel. The 15-stage race began in Lisbon, Portugal, and ends in Dakar, Senegal on Sunday.(FoxSports)(1-17-2007)
