Lategan, driving a Toyota Hilux, finished a second clear of Sweden's Mattias Ekstrom over the 29km run in Bisha, with five-time Dakar champion Nasser al-Attiyah of Qatar third.
US driver Mitchell Guthrie and co driver Kellon Walch ride during the prologue of the 47th Dakar Rally, in Bisha, Saudi Arabia. AFP PHOTO
South Africa's Henk Lategan won the Dakar Rally prologue in the cars category Friday, kicking off the sixth edition in Saudi Arabia that will stretch nearly 8,000 kilometres across 12
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