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Posted on: Saturday, January 16, 2010

Motor sports: Sainz of Spain wins Dakar Rally, Miller of US 3rd


Associated Press

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Carlos Sainz of Spain won the Dakar Rally in his Volkswagen, finishing second in Saturday's final stage into Buenos Aires to maintain his overall led.

Volkswagen teammate Nasser Al-Attiyah won the 14th and final 128-mile stage in 1 hour, 19 minutes, 42 seconds.

Sainz finished in 47:10:00 overall, which was 2:12 ahead of Al-Attiyah and 35:21 better than Mark Miller of the United States. It was a 1-2-3 sweep for Volkswagen.

Cyril Despres of France won in motorcycle division with an overall time of 51:10:37. He finished sixth on his KTM in the final stage.

Pal Anders Ullevalseter of Norway was second overall, 1:02:52 behind.