DAKAR - FRENCHMAN DESPRES TAKES SHOCK DAKAR LEAD AS MICHELIN RIDERS HOLD TOP THREE IN TAMBACOUNDA
Frenchman Cyril Despres, winner of the Dakar Rally in 2005, was the main beneficiary of a dramatic series of events which unfolded on the penultimate long African special stage between Kayes in Mali and Tambacounda in Sénégal