N° 171 -
- MAS
- Thierry
- USA
- 12/11/1969
- 176 cm
- 73 kg
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MAKE |
| 525 XCW |
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| Scratch |
171
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152
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133
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139
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122
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110
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60
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| Stage |
171
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152
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133
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135
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122
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110
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83
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| Overall |
171
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145
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134
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131
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120
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113
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119
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Thierry Mas: “All Miami knows that I’m doing the Dakar”
Aix-en-Provence, New York, Miami, Buenos Aires. Here’s to sum up the itinerary of Thierry Mas from his birth to the start of the Dakar. Setting off from his native South of France to the United States when he was 22, he first settled in the Big Apple before making his suitcases to go to sunny Florida and Miami where Thierry is now a hair dresser.
“All my clients know that I’m setting off to do the Dakar. And actually, all Miami knows it!” laughs the rider who has a double Franco-American nationality. Thierry Mas started riding bikes when he was 14 – “In Provence, there were a lot of places to train” – and the crossing of the Atlantic didn’t stop his passion for two wheels. On the opposite, in the United States he found a fabulous training ground, especially in the desert of Nevada where he improved his knowledge of navigation, or in California where he took part in the Baja 1000. “It’s probably the toughest type of race after the Dakar”, he says. “It’s a good training; you learn to ride during night time”. And that could happen again on the Dakar. “It’s not a problem, I have good lights”, he laughs.
On the eve of his first Dakar, Thierry feels “in great shape”, but a bit “intimidated by the extent of the stages”. The man from Aix doesn’t want to place the bar too high. He set himself a triple objective: “To do my best, not to get lost and to stay on y bike”.
Dakar start photos on line: www.maindruphoto.com