Xavier de Soultrait: "When we ride like that, the others need to hang on"

Dakar 2018 | Stage 4 | San Juan de Marcona > San Juan de Marcona
January 9 ^th 2018 - 15:19 [GMT -5]

The Yamaha rider ensured a one-two finish for his team by grabbing second place on the day’s stage behind Adrien van Beveren.

“It was full, full, full attack! I think we finished first and second with my team-mate. I started in the first wave on the beach and went out full throttle. I was in front during the first two hundred kilometres, but then Adrien caught up with me and we continued together through the dunes. When we ride together like that, I think that the riders following us need to do their utmost to hang on, because we couldn’t go any faster. Adrien established a gap in the dunes: he pushed and I told myself that I had to stick with him. I really had to pull all the stops out, because it wasn’t easy to follow him, but it was a bit like a chase right until the finish”.