Mitchel van den Brink: "A very nice prologue"

Dakar 2026 | Prologue | YANBU > YANBU
January 3 ^rd 2026 - 17:27 [GMT + 3]

Mitchel van den Brink bagged the prologue for the second year in a row. Although by just 35 seconds, the Dutchman even relegated the defending champion, Martin Macík, to fourth place at the end of the appetiser.

"It was a very nice prologue. We needed to open as a truck, so we hit some branches on the side. We didn't crack the windscreen, so it was okay. We enjoyed it, we pushed. We're happy with the prologue and are looking forward to the results."