Ross Branch: “I’m excited for the race and we’ve got a good start position for tomorrow, I think we can attack”»

Dakar 2025 | Prologue | BISHA > BISHA
January 3 ^rd 2025 - 11:16 [GMT + 3]

The 2024 world champion, who finished 2nd on the Dakar at the start of last season, has maintained his position. The man from Botswana was the last biker to start and posted the second-best time, in the same second as third placed Edgar Canet.

“There were 130 riders out in front of me, so there was not much navigation, some little tricky places that caught me out once or twice, but I’m excited for the race and we’ve got a good start position for tomorrow, I think we can attack. You know what, this is racing – we’re here racing our motorbikes, what more could you ask for? The Dakar rally, the biggest off-road race in the world, so let’s go have some fun!”