Toby Price: "We gotta try and play a little bit of a catch-up game now"

Dakar 2024 | Stage 5 | AL-HOFUF > SHUBAYTAH
January 10 ^th 2024 - 16:38 [GMT + 3]

Flying under the radar until now, Toby Price clinched third place in stage 5. However, the Australian, a two-time Dakar champ, still trails Ross Branch by over half an hour, with Branch reclaiming the lead in Shubaytah.

"It was quite tricky. There was a lot of drops in there. The liaison section part would have been quite dangerous in there. So I'm glad they put that in the road book, but, after that, it was still just as dangerous. But we got through a decent pace. Missed a couple of drops and you got the heart rate up a little bit. But all in all, it's been a good day. We're here. And that's the main thing. If you push a little bit too hard, it can catch you out. We're happy. The Honda guys look really strong. And Ross looks really strong too on the Hero. We've got our work cut out for us, that's for sure. I'm just making too many mistakes myself. We’re trying to stay in the race as much as we can. We gotta try and play a little bit of a catch-up game now and we'll see how it goes."