'An Enormous Triumph," Amputee Baumel Wins Dakar Rally ...

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This Sunday, in the car category, Guillaume De Mevius (Mini X-Raid) won the first stage of the Dakar rally-raid, in the vicinity of Yanbu in Saudi Arabia. A first stage made up of 305 kilometres of timed sector. The Belgian was co-driver of a certain Mathieu Baumel, quadruple winner of the Dakar but amputated with a leg eleven months ago after a traffic accident. The two men won, in a time of 3h7′, ahead of Nasser al-Attiyah (Dacia, at 40") and …