Dakar
Dakar
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The fifth edition of the Dakar in Saudi Arabia promises to push man and machine harder than any of the previous ones.
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00:00 No home comforts, no motorhomes, limited assistance and pain.
00:10 Weary, tired, spent, wounded, aching, sore.
00:16 Patched up, wrapped up and screwed up.
00:20 If this Dakar wasn't tough enough already, it's a marathon stage.
00:24 I'm more of a glamper if I say so myself.
00:33 I'm not really the tent type of guy but tonight will be first.
00:37 I've never put a tent up so maybe Ross and them will help me.
00:43 I'm in a Malemoto category so I'm sleeping every day in the tent.
00:46 For me it's a normal day.
00:48 It will be nice sleeping tonight with my special tent.
00:53 I can show you, come.
00:54 We'll test the 2 seconds.
00:55 It doesn't work very well.
00:56 2 seconds or so.
00:57 It can be two, not only one.
00:58 You stick with the two?
00:59 No.
01:00 The cushion is going to inflate?
01:01 Yes.
01:02 Oh, damn it.
01:03 We are lead but the benefit we still have is that we can sleep in the tent.
01:04 We are not going to sleep in the tent.
01:05 We are going to sleep in the tent.
01:06 We are going to sleep in the tent.
01:07 We are going to sleep in the tent.
01:08 We are going to sleep in the tent.
01:09 We are going to sleep in the tent.
01:10 We are going to sleep in the tent.
01:11 We are going to sleep in the tent.
01:12 We are going to sleep in the tent.
01:13 We are going to sleep in the tent.
01:14 We are going to sleep in the tent.
01:15 We are not going to sleep in the tent.
01:16 We are going to sleep in the tent.
01:17 We are going to sleep in the tent.
01:18 We are going to sleep in the tent.
01:19 We are going to sleep in the tent.
01:20 We are going to sleep in the tent.
01:21 We are going to sleep in the tent.
01:22 We are going to sleep in the tent.
01:23 We are going to sleep in the tent.
01:24 We are going to sleep in the tent.
01:25 We are going to sleep in the tent.
01:26 We are going to sleep in the tent.
01:27 We are going to sleep in the tent.
01:28 We are going to sleep in the tent.
01:29 We are going to sleep in the tent.
01:30 We are going to sleep in the tent.
01:31 We are going to sleep in the tent.
01:32 We are going to sleep in the tent.
01:33 We are going to sleep in the tent.
01:34 We are going to sleep in the tent.
01:55 We are going to sleep in the tent.
02:16 Our bike is already ready so you have the GPS downloaded already.
02:32 Oh yeah?
02:35 You sleep well?
02:40 Perfect!
02:42 Feliz cumpleaños!
02:43 Happy birthday to Kevin Benavides!
02:44 35 today!
02:45 Hey you are catching up now!
02:46 Happy birthday man!
02:47 Well happy birthday mate!
02:48 All the best for opening!
02:49 We are all competitors, as soon as the helmets go on, yeah for sure we are competitors and
03:03 full gas and we want to beat each other but while we are here and the helmets off we like
03:07 to joke around and have a bit of a laugh so yeah it is always a good time and good people
03:12 to be around.
03:13 The route from El Salamir is another hard slog filled with navigation puzzles.
03:21 The full special 299k and the second half of a marathon stage.
03:27 Brutal.
03:30 Today was the first stage with no big name withdrawals in the bikes as Nacho doubles
03:34 up and it is all change at the top.
03:36 The labyrinth that was stage 4 navigation wasn't a good one for a few of our top contenders
03:40 though.
03:51 Happy with the riding, with the navigation, yeah overall I think solid day, we will see
04:12 you next stage.
04:34 You and me both mate, no rest for the wreck it today though, Brabac opened with Kevin
04:38 Benavides and took over a minute in bonuses before settling for second on the stage.
04:46 I really enjoyed to open, I really liked but anyway the stage was fast, really fast but
04:53 a lot of navigation so I was really focused on my road book.
04:57 There were bonus benefits for birthday boy Benavides who picked up nearly 4 minutes over
05:01 the course of the special.
05:03 He earned a slice of the podium cake and finished third today on his KTM.
05:07 Tobias Ebster has led original by Motul from day one but was penalised today.
05:12 I have to wait what they are saying and yeah, would be a shame to have 53 minutes penalty
05:19 now because of that.
05:20 I am going to just work on the bike and yeah, then I will see.
05:24 Even if that speeding penalty sticks, the Austrian has a lead of 25 minutes on Belgian
05:28 Jerome Martini in what was known as Malmoto.
05:32 Insert your own jokes here about nachos, toppings, chilli, corn, you know the drill.
05:37 Ross Branch is in second and Ricky Brabec in third.
05:41 A ninth quad success for Manuel Andúcar and a first of the year.
05:44 Giroud and Madeiros second and third on the day and thanks to a previous 15 minute penalty
05:49 for Giroud, the Argentine 2021 champion has a 21 minute lead.
05:54 Every single day we try to do our best.
06:09 It's super difficult not to have punctures or commit navigation mistakes.
06:13 We'll see if we can manage a clean stage.
06:20 A fast stage today saw a close fight with less anxiety about punctures than in the last
06:24 few days.
06:25 Carlos Sainz has missed a consistency this Dakar so far, top eight on every single stage
06:31 and fourth today leaves him second overall, although he did lose out a little ground to
06:36 the leaders.
06:40 But look out everybody, yeah, Nasa's back.
06:43 Alright.
06:44 No puncture, nothing, you know, because we need to bring the cars to the bivouac to make
06:48 it everything ready for tomorrow and after tomorrow.
06:53 There was a more confident air in that Alatia interview, I think, and no wonder.
06:57 He led the stage at the start and came in third.
07:00 Form is temporary, class is permanent, but he wasn't alone.
07:03 Matthias Ekstrom second out this morning, but got lost in the unforgiving landscape.
07:07 He slipped down to fifth.
07:09 Rally leader Yazeed Al-Raji had his best result of the Dakar so far, second for the Saudi,
07:14 enough to hold on to the lead.
07:16 Not easy to open the road and we have slow puncture and we go, go and the car tyre drop
07:23 in the back, drop, drop, drop, but it's OK.
07:26 Lucky we slow last 100K, but everything going well.
07:30 I don't know if anyone's noticed, but when Seb Loeb doesn't puncture, he's really fast.
07:36 Third in the prologue, second on stage two and a win today.
07:39 But if he and the Hunter are going to make Al-Raji and Sainz their prey, he'll need to
07:43 find the consistency that's been lacking so far.
07:46 I lost time yesterday and the good thing is that today we managed a good stage.
07:53 That's important to get back into the game, to stop losing time, especially because we're
07:58 getting into the big stages in the empty quarter.
08:00 We couldn't afford to be totally dropped and yeah, we're still in the game.
08:07 But what's the name of the game, Seb?
08:08 We already know it means everything to you.
08:10 Just 23 minutes off the lead, Peder Hansel fifth today, Demebias seventh.
08:14 Sef Kintero ground to a halt early and at the time of recording, he hasn't made it back.
08:19 Watch this space.
08:23 Yesterday was a great day for the Saudis in the Ultimate and the T4s and Dania Akil also
08:28 made her first top 10 of this Dakar.
08:33 I was really happy that we had some units today, just before the empty quarter, so we
08:37 can get the rhythm, I didn't get to know which gears I should use once we get there.
08:41 So that was nice.
08:43 Not such a positive day today for Dania.
08:45 She got stuck in a rut and came home 20 seconds.
08:53 Having won yesterday, Mitch Guthrie may have thought Eric Gottschall's form was starting
08:56 to drift.
08:57 What he may not have remembered is that Eric is a drift national champion, so drifting is
09:01 never an issue for the 19 year old Pole.
09:04 Aureol Maynor is one of the best co-drivers and he showed his caliber too.
09:08 The Taurus duo got their fourth victory in five days and I can't wait to find out just
09:12 how good Eric Gottschall is going to be in the future.
09:15 They battle hard all day, Gottschall won out and Mitch was penalized 17 minutes in the
09:19 end.
09:24 It's still a Gottschall one two in the overall with Cristina Gutierrez dropping to sixth
09:28 after a 15 minute penalty.
09:30 Michal Gottschall re-enters the top 10.
09:33 Started on Sunday, second yesterday, winner today in the T4s, Jao Ferreira makes it a
09:37 three two one in this dusty bin of a desert.
09:42 Second overall is the Swiss Jerome de Sadelier whose last three results read 666.
09:47 He's a consistent beast and the devil's in the detail, but I think he's got a hell of
09:51 a chance.
09:52 Only four trucks completed the day's stage after it was shortened by 25k for safety reasons.
09:58 No doubt about the winner though, Yanis Van Kasteren is literally twice Eric Gottschall's
10:01 age, but like Eric, he got his fourth win of the year.
10:05 Tomorrow's special, super short, 118k, but we return to the empty quarter with its hidden
10:10 waypoints and energy sapping sand sea of double deep dunes.
10:14 That will massively reduce the average speed.
10:16 Add to that a liaison of 527k and you get a very early start and a very late finish.
10:22 Control for the bikes opens at 3.45am and of course, as always, I'll be your something
10:27 sweet for later.
10:28 See you then.
10:28 [Bike sounds]
10:30 (tires screeching)