Marc Coma regains Dakar Rally

The Spaniard, Marc Coma has returned to crown and just as he did in 2006, although this time in Argentina, has claimed victory in the 2009 Dakar Rally.

Still has reached sixth in the spent stage today, the last en route from Cordoba to Buenos Aires and has been preserved without too much trouble and a half hour gap to his main rival, Frenchman Cyril Despres. The stage was won by Portuguese Rodrigues.

Waiting for tomorrow is carried out the podium ceremony, is scheduled to pilot Avià (Barcelona) arrived today in La Rural, which housed the park closed the rally, from 14:30 hours to Argentina .

As for cars, has been the South African pilot Giniel De Villiers (Volkswagen) the winner of the Dakar Rally after winning today's stage also between Cordoba and La Rioja.

In the category of quads, the Czech driver Josef Machacek became champion of the Dakar Argentina-Chile and Spain retained the title achieved in the 2007 edition. The Spanish José María Peña won the last stage, between Cordoba and Buenos Aires, just eight seconds behind the Czech, who was not altered its lead of more than two hours in general on their closest rivals.

Machacek is annotated with this, his fifth straight win at the Rally this year and has managed four wins partial. Undoubtedly, the abandonment of Spanish, Joan Manuel Gonzalez Pedregosa "mid-career paved the way for the Czech to capture the title.

Vía | El Pais