Peugeot's Cyril Despres has arrived at the rest day of the 2016 Silk Way Rally in the lead, with teammate Sebastien Loeb his closest rival eight minutes back. However, the French marque's reigning Dakar winner Stephane Peterhansel is no longer in contention, losing almost nine hours after rolling his 2008DKR16 during the fifth stage. Peterhansel had topped the timesheets after the 2km prologue in Kazan, but, with the second stage cancelled, it was Despres who led the way in the first timed marathon run on Day 3. Recovering from two punctures in that stage, Peterhansel was comfortably quickest through on Day 4 – which was shortened for rain washing out the pathway – and thus retook the...
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