De Mevius, Brabec take Dakar sixth stage honours

Al Duwadimi: Belgian Guillaume de Mevius claimed stage six behind the wheel of a Mini as the Dakar Rally resumed yesterday after a rest day. Defend...

Al Duwadimi: Belgian Guillaume de Mevius claimed stage six behind the wheel of a Mini as the Dakar Rally resumed yesterday after a rest day.

Defending bike champion Ricky Brabec took the honours on two wheels, the Honda rider coming in ahead of Adrien Van Beveren and Jose Ignacio Cornejo after the 605km special from Hail to Al Duwadimi.

It was a good day for the Mini team with De Mevius followed home by his Portuguese teammate Joao Ferreira, with five-time champion Nasser Al Attiyah in third.

“We had a good stage, finally! Our goal was to claw back some time and pick up points for the championship, so we gave it everything we had,” said De Mevius.

“My car still bears a few scars from last week and today we did a bit of flying, but thankfully we didn’t hit anything.” South African Henk Lategan crossed in seventh to maintain his position at the top of the car standings by four minutes from local Saudi driver Yazeed Al Rajhi.