Monsieur Dakar is not only considered one of the best drivers in the rally-raid, both two and four wheels. The French, in addition to displaying amazing speed, able to put even embarrass two drivers from the WRC as Sainz and Loeb, is also one of the better read the dunes and therefore has a huge advantage in navigation stages. However, Peterhansel also has become famous for their badinage or stratagems for the sole purpose of anything goes for victory. After all, 11 Tuareg go far.

Yesterday the X-Raid team accused the Peugeot 2008 # 302 DKR16 have refueled in yesterday's stage, which was itself allowed for the motorbike riders and quads, but it was not enabled in the case of cars. In this case, Sven Quandt, team Stéphane above, accuses his ex-pilot to have stopped at km 180 of the stage for refueling, which had specifically prohibited the ASO in the briefing yesterday.

This strategy is not the first time that recourse Peterhansel. It has been accused in the past of refueling in the middle of stage and even to change their motor bike mysteriously and secretly. Without going any further, in 2014 the controversy with Nani Roma took until the last moment. In X-Raid team orders imposed to secure the victory and allow the Spanish became his long-awaited victory in the car category.

The Catalan, who had come to the middle of the second week being clear leader found that Peterhansel did not respect these team orders and while Nani lifted his foot, the French plunged into the attack even to be leader would finally be Rome which he reaches goal as the winner of the Dakar 2014, but on the faces of the pilot and copilot, as well as in the rest of the team, reflected the tension experienced in recent days.

In 1993, Peterhansel also had another of his high points in terms of strategies to win the race. In this case, the confrontation came with another Spanish, Jordi Arcarons, one of its biggest rivals in the stage on two wheels. Marking near him was subjecting the driver to Monsieur Dakar Cagiva came to desesperarle and forced him to take a little sports strategy. Asked a French commissioner where the CP was, after telling Arcarons do not was there any control Paso. Still together, but Peterhansel simulated mechanical problems with his bike let out a Arcarons. After losing sight, Stéphane turned around and returned to CP, while Jordi was penalized several hours to such compulsory crossing point have missed.

In 1995 Arcarons try to return it to claim that Peterhansel had received outside help to have used a hammer to straighten a piece of his bike. The French would be penalized with a few minutes, enough for the Spanish got in front of the race, but finally Monsieur completed the comeback and left back Jordi without sleep to get a Dakar.

Granada-Dakar: I will head, but make a mistake when refueling. Arcarons claims and penalizes me 15 minutes. I feel discouraged, but in black Africa attacked the most during any stage and get out 20 minutes ahead. The scales are tipped in my favor that day ...

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