Lategan/Cummings victorious in cars at first SA Safari Rally, Sanders dominates bikes

After a week's racing in the bushveld and savannah of South Africa's North West province, it all came down to the final phase of the last stage, to decide the overall win at the first-ever South African Safari Rally, sponsored by Toyota Gazoo Racing.

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The start of Stage 5, the final test for the crews after almost 1 100 km of extremely tight rally-raid action, saw South Africa's Henk Lategan and Brett Cummings, in their Toyota Gazoo Racing Hilux, holding a slim 39-second margin over France's Sébastien Loeb, guided by Belgian navigator Fabian Lurquin, in their Dacia Sandriders entry.

During the final racing stage of just over 100 km, a margin of 39 seconds wasn't much, especially considering Loeb's skill at sprint stage racing, evidenced by his all-time record of nine WRC driver's championships.