Declarations
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Firdaus Kabirov (RUS – KAMAZ– 2nd)
"The first sixty kilometres were quite easy and fast in spite of the dust which made the overtakings difficult, unless you took many risks.
A truck, it is to heavy to drive and the tinest mistake can have many consequences. So I had rather drive safely. Stacey was just behind fast cars and managed to gain a few minutes on me. And now, he is second at the overall. But hyas been lucky so far. We will stay focused on every detail to make sure not to waste the work we made last week."
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A truck, it is to heavy to drive and the tinest mistake can have many consequences. So I had rather drive safely. Stacey was just behind fast cars and managed to gain a few minutes on me. And now, he is second at the overall. But hyas been lucky so far. We will stay focused on every detail to make sure not to waste the work we made last week."
Vladimir Chagin (RUS – Kamaz – 3rd)
"I didn’t want to drive to fast. We were comfortable enough to give up one hour to Stacey. It was not important. There was no need to attack
today. We just had to control the race."
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today. We just had to control the race."
Hans Stacey (NED - MAN - 1st)
"The track was the most beautiful one I’ve ever seen in Le Dakar. The course was technical and also risky because of the crowd along the roads. Of course I’m glad to win the speciale today but I’m even more satisfied to get the second position overall. I’m between the two Kamaz and my unique goal now is to keep this position. I’ve been told that dutch media are crazy about me. I look forward to coming back home to celebrate".