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.