QATAR’S Nasser Al Attiyah was thrown out of the Dakar Rally, which he was leading, last night after missing a control point on the sixth stage, race organisers said.

NASSER Al Attiyah reclaimed the lead from Carlos Sainz in their Dakar Rally duel last night.

SPAIN’S domination of the first half of the Dakar Rally continued apace yesterday as both former world rally champion Carlos Sainz and Marc Coma won the fourth stage of the car and motorbike disciplines, respectively.