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Asharq Al-Awsat
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Ekstrom Edges Loeb to Take Opening Dakar Rally Prologue in Saudi Arabia

Audi's hybrid Spanish driver Carlos Sainz and co-driver Lucas Cruz compete during the prologue of the Dakar 2023 by the Red Sea in Yanbu, Saudi Arabia, on December 31, 2022. (AFP)

Sweden's Mattias Ekstrom drove his Audi hybrid to victory in the 13km-long prologue of the Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia on Saturday.  

Ekstrom edged out France's nine-time World Rally champion Sebastien Loeb (BRX) by a second.  

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