Henk Lategan: “I’ve never been a sand or dune expert”

Dakar 2025 | Stage 11 | SHUBAYTAH > SHUBAYTAH
January 16 ^th 2025 - 15:37 [GMT + 3]

Henk Lategan, who led the general rankings this morning, finished 4th on the day’s special. Yazeed Al Rajhi, who finished second, has regained the general rankings lead on the eve of the last stage. The Saudi now has an advantage of 6’11’’ over the South African with 61 km left of racing.

“We were a little bit too far ahead on the road, we finished right behind the opener. To be honest, there’s not much more we could have done today. I tried my best and at the end we were looking for tracks and opening some of the way with Lucas. I tried… that was about what we could manage today. I’ve never been a sand or dune expert but I’m happy to come through the stage. The car is still in one piece. We made it, now there’s just one more short day and then we will be at the finish. It’s amazing. We’ve had a really good Dakar with some ups and downs. Some things went our way, others didn’t. Overall, I’m happy with how it went and how it’s going. We still have one more day to go until we get to the finish. It’s been a really good race”.