Daniel Sanders: “I’ll have to open the next stage”

Dakar 2025 | Stage 2 | YANBU > ALULA
January 6 ^th 2025 - 12:23 [GMT + 3]

Sanders has won all the stages so far since the beginning of the rally and extended his lead in the general rankings on completion of the 48 HR Chrono stage. In spite of all that, he is not jumping for joy. The Australian took advantage of starting from behind other son the last two stages but knows it will be his turn to open the way tomorrow and he already has his mind on this challenge.

“It wasn’t too bad, pretty hard in the soft dunes, it was very tough for a lot of us. When opening, you didn’t know if it was going to be a soft dune or a hard dune. It was pretty tough. The dust kind of ruined it a lot. It would have been cool to have a bit of a wetter area, compared to last year in the dunes where it was pretty even. But everyone was bunched up fighting in the dust for the opening bonuses. It was a bit tough on that side, but overall the body feels good and I don’t feel tired at all, I just saved a lot of energy ready for next week... The rest of the guys will be starting back and I’ll have to open the next stage, so it’s just how it’s worked these first few days. It was good to get the stage win, but it was on me to decide whether I wanted today or not, but I’m committed and ready to take on the challenge tomorrow”.