Tosha Schareina: "It feels so good to stand on the podium"
Dakar 2026 |
Stage 13 |
YANBU
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January 17
th
2026
- 11:53
[GMT + 3]
Together with Daniel Sanders, the other top performer of the 2025 season, Tosha Schareina was one of the top favourites going into the rally. A 10-minute penalty for not following the right itinerary out of the first marathon-refuge bivouac cut his advance short in the opening week. Even so, the Spaniard ended up on the podium.
"A few years ago, I was fighting just to be in the race. Today, standing on the podium almost feels like business as usual. But I have to be realistic; it feels so good to stand on the podium. I've fought my whole life for this. I'm happy that we have put two Hondas on the podium. I still need to find a few gains in certain areas, but I'm on the right track. The penalty didn't help me in the overall, so I had to pivot my strategy. Sometimes you have to pay more attention to those details or the navigation, and I was also a bit off the pace in the high-speed sections."
