Peterhansel's hat-trick hopes hit

Stephane Peterhansel’s chances of a third successive victory in the Dakar Rally suffered a blow when problems to his rear left wheel lost him three hours on stage 12 winner Luc Alphand.

Peterhansel was the overall leader and appeared on course for another Dakar win despite taking a wrong turn on the previous stage, which cost him 15 minutes as his Mitsubishi team-mate Alphand challenged.