Nasser Al Attiyah: "We were cautious to avoid punctures"
Dakar 2026 |
Stage 1 |
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January 4
th
2026
- 15:22
[GMT + 3]
Nasser Al Attiyah took the runner-up's spot, 40 seconds behind Guillaume de Mévius. Warned about his teammate Sébastien Loeb’s two punctures, the Qatari was content to play it safe and shadow the Belgian for much of the stage. He will line up behind De Mévius again tomorrow.
"We had a good pace and could have pushed harder, but when we saw Sébastien Loeb with two flat tyres, we decided to be cautious and avoid puncturing ourselves. When Guillaume de Mévius passed us, we stayed behind him and later chose to attack and move ahead. Finishing second is good. For tomorrow, it's also positive. Well start three minutes behind Guillaume and can push from there."
