Dakar Rally Update: The dunes of Stage 2 proved to more to the defending champ's liking as he erased Day #1's 24th place deficit to surge to 2nd overall.
"Unfortunately we didn’t win, but I’m not sure if I want to win a stage for the rest of this Dakar," says Ricky Brabec after having to break trail on Day 1 as a result of winning the Prologue on Saturday. "It bit us hard yesterday. It’s going to be a long Dakar. We are going to do our best each day to finish each and every day."
We’re trying to make up time that we lost. We have 10 days left. Right now we’re in a good spot. We’ve got to be smart. We’ve got to keep the bike moving fast. Today was really fast. I feel the navigation wasn’t that tricky. It’s a different story when you are opening the stage. My teammate Kevin found that out today. We are safe and healthy and ready for day three."
Tomorrow sees the first looping stage of this Dakar 2021, held between Wadi Al-Dawasir – Wadi Al-Dawasir, with 403 kilometres against the clock, plus a 226 km liaison section, making up a total stage of 629 kilometres for the one hundred or so riders taking part.
