Dmitry Sotnikov: "A puncture cost me 6 or 7 minutes"
Dakar 2022 |
Stage 4 |
AL SALAMIYA
> AL-HOFUF
January 5
th
2022
- 17:38
[GMT + 3]
Although the stage win went to Eduard Nikolaev, the reigning champion still commands a lead of 6′10″ over his teammate in the general standings.
"I led from the front, but Karginov took advantage of a minor navigation error I made to overtake me halfway through the stage. A puncture cost me six or seven minutes… I then followed Van Kasteren before overtaking him a bit further down the road. It was a long, hard slog. I'm still in the overall lead, but there's a long way to go. Of course, we'll do our best to put even more time into the others."