France's Stephane Peterhansel drive his Mini during the second stage of the Dakar Rally 2014 from San Luis to San Rafael, January 6, 2014.  [Photo/Agencies]

BUENOS AIRES - France's 11-time champion Stephane Peterhansel Monday won the second leg of the 2014 Dakar Rally car race for team Mini, becoming the leader of the overall ranking.

Peterhansel, 11-time rally champion (6 times on a motorcycle and 5 times in a car), won the second leg between the Argentine cities of San Luis and San Rafael, followed by Spain's Carlos Sainz (SMG), who was 28 seconds behind, and Qatar's Nasser Al-Attiyah (Mini), who trailed by 4 minutes and 10 seconds.

Meanwhile, 23-year-old British driver Sam Sunderland (Honda) for the first time won the second leg of the motorcycle race, though Spain's Joan Barreda (Honda) continues to lead the ranking with a time that is 2 minutes and 3 seconds ahead of Chile's Francisco "Chaleco" Lopez (KTM), who finished second on Monday.

In the quad race, two-time champion and winner of 15 stages Marcos Patronelli (Yamaha) of Argentina won the second leg, followed by his fellow countryman Martin Boneto (Honda), behind by 3 minutes and 50 seconds.

The second leg of the rally car race covered 365 km of linking route, plus 433 km of special route for a total of 798 km.