Skyler Howes: "The result today will define the outcome of the race"

Dakar 2023 | Stage 13 | SHAYBAH > AL-HOFUF
January 14 ^th 2023 - 11:06 [GMT + 3]

Skyler finished seventh in the special to defend his third place overall, 1′31″ behind Price. While he does not fancy his chances of turning back the tide tomorrow, the two factory KTM riders ahead of him are just 12″ apart, raising the possibility that they could take one another out.

"I definitely pushed my all. In the very first part, I had one small crash, just got stuck in the dunes. I came upon Matthias. Kevin was stopped with him. After that moment, I was a bit nervous because we were going in the direction with a lot of big dune cuts. I also had some big jumps off of them myself. I wanted to push and I really wanted to win, but I also wanted to get to the finish line safely. Then we had one mistake, where we missed a waypoint and had to do a circle. It was hard to find a rhythm with the sun directly overhead and the big dune drops, I was a bit n ervous out there. At the end, I really pushed, and a couple of mistakes slowed me down a bit. I have to be super happy with how the race has gone so far because I can never look back and think I didn't ride my best. The last stage is going to be very fast and not really enough to make up valuable time. The result today will define the outcome of the race."