Orlando Terranova delighted the home crowd on Tuesday by becoming the first Argentinian driver to win a stage of the Dakar Rally.
The 33-year-old BMW driver came home 2min 07sec ahead of Monday's stage winner Nani Roma in a Mini and the latter's team-mate and defending champion Stephane Peterhansel was third another 12sec adrift.
Peterhansel, extended his overall lead to 52min 38sec over South African Giniel de Villiers in a Toyota Hilux.
Defending champion Cyril Despres took the overall lead in the Bikes on his KTM
He leads team-mate Ruben Faria by 1min 37sec in the overall standings in the race which finishes on Sunday.