After stage 11 of the 2013 Dakar Rally was washed out, Stephane Peterhansel resumed normal service to protect his general standings lead on stage 12.<\/p>\n
The Frenchman secured a top five finish on the day as his Mini team-mate Nani Roma came through strongly to win the 392km stage between Fiambala and Copiapo.<\/p>\n
But Peterhansel\u2019s lead over the Toyota of Giniel de Villiers is a full 50 minutes and 21 seconds, with Roma a further 40 minutes adrift.<\/p>\n
De Villiers, despite admitting it had been a difficult day, said he had not given up hope of overhauling the Dakar veteran.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re trying,\u201d he said, \u201cand it\u2019s not over yet.\u201d<\/p>\n
Stage 12 results:<\/strong><\/p>\n 1 Nani Roma (ESP) 3:36:34 Overall standings:<\/strong><\/p>\n 1 St\u00e9phane Peterhansel 32:50:02
\n2 Robby Gordon (USA) 3:40:52 +04:18
\n3 Giniel de Villiers (RSA) 3:40:59 +04:25
\n4 St\u00e9phane Peterhansel (FRA) 3:42:37 +06:03
\n5 Orlando Terranova (ARG) 3:43:00 +06:26
\n6 Lucio Ezequiel Alvarez (ARG) 3:45:59 +09:25
\n7 Carlos Sousa (POR) 3:46:32 +09:58
\n8 Ronan Chabot (FRA) 3:46:52 +10:18
\n9 Leonid Novitskiy (RUS) 3:51:44 +15:10
\n10 Zhou Yong (CHN) 3:59:22 +22:48<\/p>\n
\n2 Giniel de Villiers + 50:21
\n3 Nani Roma + 1:31:06
\n4 Leonid Novitskiy + 1:34:47
\n5 Orlando Terranova + 2:01:50
\n6 Carlos Sousa + 2:39:46
\n7 Ronan Chabot + 3:03:11
\n8 Pascal Thomasse + 4:14:26
\n9 Geoffrey Olholm + 4:29:11
\n10 Boris Garafulic + 4:32:00<\/p>\n