Daniel Sanders: "It's gonna be a really important day for me tomorrow"

Dakar 2022 | Stage 1 | ALULA > AL HENAKIYAH
January 2 nd 2022 - 14:04 [GMT + 3]

It was the second consecutive stage win for "Chucky".

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"Really difficult navigation, we had a lot of rain last night and that made it hard to find the right tracks. In the end, a lot of guys got lost and, luckily, we got onto the right track. It was a good, strong finish. I just didn't push too much at the start, just gave it a nice rhythm, and at the end I tried to open as much as I could. I think I'll just back it down to 80-70% tomorrow just to put the road book first because you can lose a lot of time like people did today. At the refuelling, you could gauge off the time at front with the guys and it was really good to keep pushing. Once I knew there were no tracks at front, it was important to keep pushing and make as much time as possible because this is what I'm gonna have to face tomorrow. I have to full-focus on this road book and put my life on it, so it's gonna be a really important day for me tomorrow."

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