Yanqui takes lead in Today's Dakar

18:49 - Bike
2 - Marc Coma loses a quarter of an hour

Timed at 6h56’51", the leader in the general standings, Spanish biker Marc Coma (KTM) a lost 15’45" on today’s winner, Jonah Street (KTM). As for Cyril Despres (KTM), he also lost 14’46" on the young American rider.

18:47 - Bike
26 - First stage victory for Street

As the first 5 cars have now reached the end of this 5th special stage, American rider Jonah Street (KTM) has been so far timed in the lead of the stage rankings, 7’34" ahead of Chile’s Francisco Lopez (KTM) and 11’12 ahead of Frenchman David Frétigné and his 450cc Yamaha.

This just in: Dakar claims life of French motorcycle rider
( Reuters)
BUENOS AIRES, Jan 7 (Reuters) - The Dakar Rally retained its deadly reputation despite a change of continent when the body of a 49-year-old French motorcycle rider was found early on Wednesday morning.
"We are saddened to learn that Pascal Terry was found dead in the night from Jan 6 to 7 at 0210 am," organisers said in a statement. "He was in a place very hard to access in the middle of heavy bushes, some 15 metres from his bike. He had his helmet off and had found some shadow."