WADI AD-DAWASIR, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Henk Lategan was cruising to the stage win and overall lead in the Dakar Rally on Sunday until he hit trouble in the last section. Lategan led the final checkpoint 40 kilometers from the end of the 459-kilometer special between Riyadh south to Wadi ad-Dawasir by nearly two minutes and had the provisional lead in the general rankings by more than two minutes. Stage seven was gifted to Ford driver Mattias Ekström, the first repeat car winner, and Lategan's Toyota tumbled to 13th place, 8 1/2 minutes back.
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