Mason Klein: “I’m totally spent”

Dakar 2023 | Stage 5 | ALULA > HAIL
January 5 ^th 2023 - 13:27 [GMT + 3]

With third place on the day, Klein avoided any errors and has finished 5 minutes behind AVB, enabling him to stay in contact in the general rankings.

“The stage went really well for me. Starting further back made navigation almost unnecessary. It was a super good stage. I’m totally spent, though. I’m so tired and my back hurts so bad. The dunes just never stopped. There were so many times when I was ready to pull over, I was like just so done. When I saw the finishing line, I got so happy, because now I only have one hundred and thirty more kilometres to go. We had no problems with the bike, we were super lucky. They checked all the fuel. At the fuel stop I even drained some out to make sure that there was no water. It sucks to lose ten minutes for something silly like that. It was super frustrating, but we’ll just move on. There are plenty more days left – nine more days, right?”