SAN LUIS, ARGENTINA (AP) - Carlos Sousa of Portugal and Joan Barreda Bort of Spain led the Dakar Rally after Sunday’s first stage in Argentina.
Sousa topped the car division, 11 seconds ahead of Orlando Terranova of Argentina and 47 in front of Nasser Al-Attiyah of Qatar. Two of the pre-race favorites were just behind _ Carlos Sainz of Spain was in fifth place and 11-time champion Stephane Peterhansel of France was sixth.
In motorcycles, Barreda Bort was 37 seconds ahead of fellow Spaniard Marc Coma and 1:40 in front of defending bike champion Cyril Despres of France.
The two-week rally, which started in Rosario, Argentina, with more than 400 entered, will wind through Argentina into Bolivia, and then head south to the finish in Valparaiso, Chile.
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