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French Stephane Peterhansel has won the sixth round of 2010 Dakar Rally in Argentina. The Frenchman finished the sixth stage of the rally in 9 hours and 3 minutes setting the record for 53rd consecutive time. Spain's Carlos Sainz stood second whereas US driver Mark Miller was third.In the bikes, Spain's Marc Coma capitalised on the many navigation mistakes of his rivals to finish with the best time of the day and move up four places - to fourth - in the overall standings.Overall leader Cyril Despres was fortunate in being able to keep a tidy and flawless race. Making the right choices when interpreting the road-book the Frenchman managed to get to the finish line just under 11 minutes behind Coma. The 2009 winner is still over an hour behind Despres overall.Meanwhile, Italian rider Luca Manca was shifted to a hospital after being critically injured.
