Bikes: Coma on course for number five
Toby Price was the stage winner on the penultimate day of action, as the Australian took his first win of the Dakar having been an ever-present in the top five since things kicked off almost two weeks ago in Buenos Aires.
Price has been one of the revelations of this year's Dakar, and extended the advantage he holds over Pablo Quintanilla in the general classification to more than 10-minutes as he tightened his grip on third.
Joan Barreda was just under two-minutes behind Price for the day as he came across the line second, with his Honda team-mate Paulo Gonçalves third.
Despite his ride to third, Gonçalves was unable to eat into Marc Coma's overall lead, as the Spaniard came in sixth fastest for the day as he opted to ride without taking too many risks. Coma now stands on the verge of confirming his fifth Dakar title.
Stage 12 Classification:
1. Toby Price (KTM), 3h 19m 4s
2. Joan Barreda (Honda), +1m 55s
3. Paulo Gonçalves (Honda), +3m 2s
4. Ivan Jakes (KTM), +3m 8s
5. Stefan Svitko (KTM), +5m 1s
Provisional Standings:
1. Marc Coma (KTM), 45h 8m 32s
2. Paulo Gonçalves (Honda), +17m 49s
3. Toby Price (KTM), +25m 18s
4. Pablo Quintanilla (KTM), +36m 57s
5. Stefan Svitko (KTM), +46m 43s