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Peterhansel dominates Stephane Peterhansel The fourth stage of
the 2012 Dakar began today, with competitors racing over a 326km
special stage, which saw Stephane Peterhansel snatching the
victory from Juan Roma.  Roma kicked off proceedings and was the
first driver to finish the first section of the course. However,
soon Nasser Al-Attiyah surged through checkpoint one, smashing
Roma’s time by two and a half minutes. Peterhansel would soon
post the second fastest time at checkpoint one, 41 seconds
behind Al-Attiyah.  By the second checkpoint, Al-Attiyah had
increased his lead to three minutes and nine seconds over
Peterhansel. Things would soon change for the defending champ
who stopped his Hummer after 288km. His teammate would soon stop
to help him before Al-Attiyah got going again after being
stationary for roughly 15 minutes.  Thanks to his problems, Roma
would be the first driver to finis