Co-driver’s back injury ends Loeb’s Dakar campaign early

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Co-driver’s back injury ends Loeb’s Dakar campaign early

Source: AFP | 00:01 UTC+8 January 12, 2018 |

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Sebastien Loeb was forced to pull out of the Dakar Rally after a back injury suffered by his co-driver in a disastrous fifth stage won by defending champion Stephane Peterhansel on Wednesday.

As Peterhansel took another step towards his 14th Dakar title Loeb’s dream of winning his first Dakar was left in tatters after his car twice ran into early sand trouble on the run from San Juan de Marcona to Arequipe in Peru.

The French ace’s hopes of adding a Dakar to his nine world rally championship crowns at the third attempt had appeared encouraging after climbing to second in the standings. But instead he was left rebooking his flight home after his Peugeot became stuck in the dunes twice, with a truck having to help him out of a sand hole, costing him almost three hours. Yet it was an injury suffered by co-driver Daniel Elena as they descended a dune that forced Loeb to bring a premature end to his 2018 Dakar.

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Co-driver’s back injury ends Loeb’s Dakar campaign early

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