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Carlos Sainz moved to the lead of the Dakar Rally on Sunday's second stage, completing the test with the fastest time and jumping into the lead of the event.

Double World Rally champion Carlos Sainz tested the new Skoda Fabia Super 2000 car recently in Austria.

Citroen have won in Germany for the last three years running - twice with Sebastien Loeb (2003 and 2002), and once with Philippe Bugalski in 2001, prior to its inclusion in the WRC. This weekend they return, aiming to take win number four.

King Carlos Sainz will be hoping for an ideal birthday present when he competes in this week's Propecia Rally New Zealand starting on Thursday. Sainz, a two-time world champion and four time winner of Rally New Zealand, celebrates his 42nd birthday today [Easter Monday].

Citroen returned from its exploratory visit to the World Championship's most distant fixture last year with five points in the bag thanks to Sebastien Loeb's fourth place, a superb result for the Frenchman's maiden competitive outing to New Zealand - and it won't have escaped rugby union fans tha

Two-time world champion Carlos Sainz has given the new Citroen the thumbs-up after testing ahead of next month's Propecia Rally New Zealand.

Citroen's Carlos Sainz has admitted that talk of retiring at the end of 2004 was premature at best. Sainz revealed last month that next year would be his last in the WRC after crashing out on the first day of the Rally GB.

With four events to go between now and the end of the 2003 FIA World Rally championship, four latest-specification Citroen Xsara WRCs have been entered for the 2003 Sanremo Rally.

Citroen Sport have today revealed that Colin McRae will not drive for them in 2004, having opted to keep Carlos Sainz.