Qatari driver Nasser Saleh Al-Attiyah (Dacia) maintained his lead in the overall standings of the Dakar Rally held in Saudi Arabia after the conclusion of the eleventh stage on Thursday, which was won by Swedish Matthias Ekström, and started from Bisha to Al-Hanakiyah, with a total distance of 882 km, including 346 km for the special stage subject to timing.Al-attiyah, who won the title five times, ranked seventeenth in the 720-kilometre stage, but he is still ahead of Spaniard Nani Roma (Ford) by eight minutes and 40 seconds, while Frenchman Sebastien Loeb comes third.
