Paul Carruthers | January 14, 2003
After yesterday’s day of rest, Italy’s Giovani Sala won today’s stage 12 of the Dakar Rally, a 275-mile around the oasis of Siwa. Overall leader Richard Sainct lost nearly two minutes to Cyril Despres.
On a course that featured Egypt’s highest dunes, Sainct lost one minute and 59 seconds to Despres, who still trails by 10 minutes and 40 seconds with five days of racing left.
The stage win was Sala’s second of this year’s Dakar.
Paul Carruthers | Editor
Paul Carruthers took over as the editor of Cycle News in 1993 after serving as associate editor since starting his career at the publication in 1985. Carruthers has covered every facet of the sport in his near-28-year tenure at America's Daily Motorcycle News Source.
