Sainz fights back to trim Al-Attiyah lead in stage 9

• Source: Global Times
• [10:00 January 13 2011]
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China's Zhou Yong moved one place ahead to No. 16 in the overall standings after he finished 18th in 3 hours 44 minutes 54 seconds, followed by Liu Kun of Rely in 23rd and Zhou Yuande in 31st.

American rider Jonah Street won the ninth stage in the motorcycling category.

The Yamaha rider finished the 235 kilometers special stage over three-and-a-half minutes ahead of Dutchman Frans Verhoeven on a BMW.

"It is fantastic!" said Street, who finished seventh overall last year.

"Until now we had had nothing but bad moments on this rally."

In the race for overall winner Frenchman Cyril Despres made up some ground on Spanish leader Marc Coma, as he reduced his overall lead by over a minute, though he still trails by over eight minutes.

China's Su Wemin of Jincheng made steady progress and rose to No. 67 overall while his teammate Han Baohua had to pull out of the competition after failing to reach the base camp by deadline in stage 8.

Debutant Dakar driver Li Yang climbed to No. 20 overall in the trucks section.

Agencies - Global Times