Starting on a Sea Camp on the shores of the Red Sea and ending on the opposite side of the Arabian Peninsula, where the competitors will discover the coast of the Arabian Gulf after a four-day adventure through the Empty Quarter, including the marathon stage, the 45th edition of the Dakar is the toughest one since the rally came to Saudi Arabia. Packing almost 5,000 kilometres of specials into a prologue and 14 stages, the route is a true test of extreme endurance.
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More information:
https://www.dakar.com
https://www.facebook.com/Dakar
https://www.twitter.com/Dakar
https://www.instagram.com/DakarRally
#Dakar2023
© Amaury Sport Organisation - https://www.aso.fr
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00:00 (upbeat music)
00:02 I have a little glance on the mantelpiece
00:06 and see the trophy and feel like was a job well done.
00:11 (upbeat music)
00:14 It's so hard to win any rally now.
00:18 (upbeat music)
00:20 Even more at Dakar because there's so many fast guys.
00:25 (engines roaring)
00:27 And there's like so many factors involved to win.
00:30 You need to be really fast.
00:32 You need to navigate perfectly.
00:34 You need to have a really strong bike.
00:36 Really good team, well organized.
00:40 You need to prepare physically the best you can.
00:42 And then because you're physically stronger,
00:44 you're also mentally stronger
00:45 because you're not suffering as much.
00:47 I won the first one in 17
00:50 and then it took me five years to win again.
00:52 So it's like a huge package that you need to put together.
00:57 And then you can still not win, you know,
00:58 like it takes 10,000 kilometers to win one.
01:02 Then you can lose everything in five meters.
01:04 It's really not easy to put one finger
01:09 on what makes you win or not.
01:10 (crowd applauding)
01:13 It's always nice to come into a Dakar
01:17 off of a good successful championship.
01:24 The W2RC championship is the only preparation in some way,
01:27 you know, because we race similar terrains,
01:31 same format with the same riders.
01:33 So it's definitely the best one.
01:36 (crowd applauding)
01:38 Certainly me as a rider,
01:42 I've kind of developed a lot with experience
01:46 in terms of like trying not to force everything.
01:50 You can't race for 12 days
01:52 across all these crazy terrains
01:54 for 10, 12 hours a day and not have troubles.
01:58 Now I recognize that you can't force it.
02:00 (upbeat music)
02:10 (electronic music)
02:13 (whooshing)