Rally Raid

Stephane Peterhansel clinched his 11th Dakar Rally victory with a calm run to the finish in Santiago on Saturday.

Cyril Despres stayed out of trouble on the final stage of the Dakar Rally to wrap up a fifth overall victory in the race.

Eduard Nikolaev claimed his first Dakar title as he won the truck race by 37 minute 10 seconds.

Marcos Patronelli finished third on the final stage of the Dakar quad class to secure overall victory for a second time in three years.

Robby Gordon backed up his confident prediction by winning stage 13 of the Dakar Rally in the car category.

Andrey Karginov registered his second stage win of the 2013 Dakar on the 13th leg between Copiapo and La Serena.

Francisco Lopez won the 13th and penultimate stage of the 2013 Dakar Rally ahead of team-mate and race leader Cyril Despres.

Sarel van Biljon won his second stage at the 2013 Dakar Rally after a powerful second section between Copiapo and La Serena.

After stage 11 was washed out, Stephane Peterhansel resumed normal service to protect his general standings lead on stage 12.

Frans Verhoeven won stage 12 of the Dakar Rally from Fiambala to Copiapo as Cyril Despres and Ruben Faria consolidated.

Andrey Karginov secured another victory in the truck category of the 2013 Dakar Rally with an impressive drive on stage 12.

Sebastien Husseini beat overall leader Marcos Patronelli to victory on stage 12 of the Dakar Rally for his maiden win.

While action in other categories was disrupted on stage 11, Paul Smith roared to his first Dakar Rally victory in the quads.

Both the cars and the trucks were halted during stage 11 of the Dakar Rally due to torrential flooding.

The story of the Argentine duo's unfortunate exit from the 2013 Dakar Rally.