2010 Dakar : Stage 4 - Robby Gordon (Hummer) wins his 1st victory

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Stage 4 - Tuesday 5 January 2010 : Fiambala to Copiapo - Connection 394 km/Special 203 km/Connection 32 km

Pending validation by the race marshalls, American driver Robby Gordon (Hummer) wins his 1st scratch victory on this 2010 edition of the Dakar, his third victory in total in the rally raid.

With a time of 1h40’21, the NASCAR driver arrived a tiny second ahead of French driver Stéphane Peterhansel (BMW) and 2’26 ahead of Qatari driver Nasser Al-Attiyah (VW)… In the overall stadings it is nevertheless "Peter" who gets the day’s big win as the driver from Vesoul now has a 7’36 lead over his most serious rival Spain’s Carlos Sainz (VW), and a 9’56 lead over Qatari driver Al-Attiyah. Of course, in the Open category, Gordon gets his fourth consecutive stage victory on this 32nd edition. Finally in the production category, French driver Nicolas Gibon (Toyota) is the winner and comes back 10’20 behind the leader in the category’s standings, Spaniard Xavier Foj (Toyota).

Stage 4 Result : Stage 4 - Tuesday 5 January 2010 : Fiambala to Copiapo - Connection 394 km/Special 203 km/Connection 32 km

Pl	No.	Driver	Car	Time	Variation	Penalty
1	302	GORDON (USA) GRIDER (USA)	HUMMER	01:40:21	00:00:00
2	301	PETERHANSEL (FRA) COTTRET (FRA)	BMW	01:40:22	00:00:01
3	306	AL-ATTIYAH (QAT) GOTTSCHALK (DEU)	VOLKSWAGEN	01:42:47	00:02:26
4	303	SAINZ (ESP) CRUZ (ESP)	VOLKSWAGEN	01:43:25	00:03:04
5	300	DE VILLIERS (ZAF) VON ZITZEWITZ (DEU)	VOLKSWAGEN	01:44:35	00:04:14
6	305	MILLER (USA) PITCHFORD (ZAF)	VOLKSWAGEN	01:46:35	00:06:14
7	311	TERRANOVA (ARG) MAIMON (FRA)	MITSUBISHI	01:49:27	00:09:06
8	351	BALDWIN (USA) WALCH (USA)	HUMMER	01:51:14	00:10:53
9	310	NOVITSKIY (RUS) SCHULZ (DEU)	BMW	01:51:25	00:11:04
10	312	NEVES (BRA) MAESTRELLI (BRA)	VOLKSWAGEN	01:51:43	00:11:22
11	329	COX (ZAF) SCHRÖDER (DEU)	Nissan Overdrive	01:51:54	00:11:33
12	307	CHICHERIT (FRA) THOERNER (CHE)	BMW	01:53:05	00:12:44
13	313	LAVIEILLE (FRA) FORTHOMME (BEL)	NISSAN	01:53:29	00:13:08
14	322	SPINELLI (BRA) PALMEIRO (PRT)	MITSUBISHI	01:54:53	00:14:32
15	332	BARBOSA (PRT) RAMALHO (PRT)	MITSUBISHI	01:55:37	00:15:16
16	314	SOUSA (PRT) BAUMEL (FRA)	MITSUBISHI	01:56:37	00:16:16
17	308	HOLOWCZYC (POL) FORTIN (BEL)	Nissan Overdrive	01:59:22	00:19:01
18	325	HENRARD (BEL) BEGUIN (BEL)	VOLKSWAGEN	02:02:02	00:21:41
19	318	MISSLIN (FRA) POLATO (FRA)	MITSUBISHI	02:05:32	00:25:11
20	323	ERRANDONEA (AND) GARCIN (FRA)	SMG	02:10:17	00:29:56
21	315	KAHLE (DEU) SCHÜNEMANN (DEU)	Fast - Speed	02:10:39	00:30:18
22	309	ZAPLETAL (CZE) OUREDNICEK (CZE)	MITSUBISHI	02:11:50	00:31:29
23	320	GARLAND (AUS) SUZUKI (AUS)	ISUZU	02:14:42	00:34:21
24	336	LEAL DOS SANTOS (PRT) FIUZA (PRT)	BMW	02:14:43	00:34:22
25	338	GIBON (FRA) MIURA (JPN)	TOYOTA	02:16:01	00:35:40
26	341	MITSUHASHI (JPN) CATTARELLI (FRA)	TOYOTA	02:16:41	00:36:20
27	321	DE AZEVEDO (BRA) CAVASSIN (BRA)	MITSUBISHI	02:17:49	00:37:28
28	317	VAN DEIJNE (NLD) ROSEGAAR (NLD)	MITSUBISHI	02:18:56	00:38:35
29	342	STRUGO (FRA) FERRI (FRA)	NISSAN	02:21:03	00:40:42
30	337	VAN LOON (NLD) VERHOEF (NLD)	MITSUBISHI	02:22:30	00:42:09

Stage 3 - Overall Standing

Pl	No.	Driver	Car	Time	Variation	Penalty
1	301	PETERHANSEL (FRA) COTTRET (FRA)	BMW	10:54:50	00:00:00
2	303	SAINZ (ESP) CRUZ (ESP)	VOLKSWAGEN	11:02:26	00:07:36
3	306	AL-ATTIYAH (QAT) GOTTSCHALK (DEU)	VOLKSWAGEN	11:04:46	00:09:56
4	305	MILLER (USA) PITCHFORD (ZAF)	VOLKSWAGEN	11:14:15	00:19:25
5	329	COX (ZAF) SCHRÖDER (DEU)	Nissan Overdrive	11:54:20	00:59:30
6	308	HOLOWCZYC (POL) FORTIN (BEL)	Nissan Overdrive	11:55:28	01:00:38
7	314	SOUSA (PRT) BAUMEL (FRA)	MITSUBISHI	11:57:50	01:03:00
8	302	GORDON (USA) GRIDER (USA)	HUMMER	11:59:43	01:04:53
9	322	SPINELLI (BRA) PALMEIRO (PRT)	MITSUBISHI	12:11:13	01:16:23
10	312	NEVES (BRA) MAESTRELLI (BRA)	VOLKSWAGEN	12:15:25	01:20:35
11	307	CHICHERIT (FRA) THOERNER (CHE)	BMW	12:19:53	01:25:03
12	325	HENRARD (BEL) BEGUIN (BEL)	VOLKSWAGEN	12:53:02	01:58:12
13	323	ERRANDONEA (AND) GARCIN (FRA)	SMG	12:57:05	02:02:15
14	336	LEAL DOS SANTOS (PRT) FIUZA (PRT)	BMW	12:58:19	02:03:29
15	332	BARBOSA (PRT) RAMALHO (PRT)	MITSUBISHI	13:07:03	02:12:13
16	313	LAVIEILLE (FRA) FORTHOMME (BEL)	NISSAN	13:10:40	02:15:50
17	317	VAN DEIJNE (NLD) ROSEGAAR (NLD)	MITSUBISHI	13:23:31	02:28:41
18	310	NOVITSKIY (RUS) SCHULZ (DEU)	BMW	13:32:31	02:37:41
19	320	GARLAND (AUS) SUZUKI (AUS)	ISUZU	13:59:16	03:04:26
20	300	DE VILLIERS (ZAF) VON ZITZEWITZ (DEU)	VOLKSWAGEN	13:59:49	03:04:59
21	318	MISSLIN (FRA) POLATO (FRA)	MITSUBISHI	14:23:28	03:28:38
22	334	MIRONENKO (RUS) LEBEDEV (RUS)	Nissan Overdrive	14:34:55	03:40:05	03:00
23	335	WALLENTHEIM (SWE) OHLSSON (SWE)	ISUZU	14:52:49	03:57:59
24	311	TERRANOVA (ARG) MAIMON (FRA)	MITSUBISHI	14:53:01	03:58:11
25	339	FOJ (ESP) JATON (ARG)	TOYOTA	15:06:05	04:11:15
26	338	GIBON (FRA) MIURA (JPN)	TOYOTA	15:16:25	04:21:35
27	327	SOLOVYEV (RUS) ZHILTSOV (RUS)	SMG	15:29:18	04:34:28
28	377	FAVRE (FRA) FAVRE (FRA)	TOYOTA	16:06:50	05:12:00
29	341	MITSUHASHI (JPN) CATTARELLI (FRA)	TOYOTA	16:11:11	05:16:21
30	433	LEON (CHL) LEON (CHL)	TOYOTA	16:28:12	05:33:22