Toby Price: "The two waypoints I missed kinda cost us the race"

Dakar 2023 | Stage 14 | AL-HOFUF > DAMMAM
January 15 ^th 2023 - 11:19 [GMT + 3]

Toby Price, who started the finale 12 seconds ahead of Kevin Benavides, got pipped at the post by 43". The Australian is ever the gentleman despite the disappointment. A great champion.

"The first point is disappointment. We've come so far, but look, Kevin's done a great job. Just a little frustrated that, on the last day, they played with these 20-metre rules for the waypoints, and I had to turn back and get three of them. Yeah, hard to take at the moment, but at the end of the day I'm going home in one piece and we got a Dakar trophy. It hurts a little bit. Kevin said he only had to turn back for one waypoint, I think the two waypoints I missed kinda cost us the race. 2023 has definitely kicked off a lot better than 2022."