Dakar Rally (Day 4): VW takes the lead

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Former winner Hiroshi Masuoka and his Mitsubishi	Nani Roma	The spectacular Hummer of Robbie Gordon pulls a wheelstand	The Volkswagen Touareg 2 of Jutta Kleinschmidt/ Fabrizia Pons
Overall leader after day 3 was former motorcycle champion Nani Roma in the Mitsubishi Pajero	The Mitsubishi Pajero Evolution Evolution MPR12 will be questing for the marque's sixth consecutive victory in the Rally	Mitsubishi's Stéphane Peterhansel/Jean-Paul Cottret	Mitsubishi's Luc Alphand/Gilles Picard
Mitsubishi's Hiroshi Masuoka	Click image to enlarge	Robbie Gordon in the Hummer once more	Click image to enlarge
The interior of the works Volkswagen Race Touareg 2	Click image to enlarge	Click image to enlarge	Bruno Saby exits his Touareg
Carlos Sainz at speed	Click image to enlarge	Bruno Saby/Michel Périn in the unmistakeable Morrocan terrain	Roma
Sainz on the gas in the desert	The Mitsubishi crew get to work in the overnight bivouac	Sainz had a rare bad leg on the third day when he got lost	Not the most hospitable landscape in the world
Stéphane Peterhansel/Jean-Paul Cottret on day four	Saby passing a motorcycle in the desert