Ricky Brabec: “I heard there’s some sand dunes so to start a little bit back is actually not terrible”
Dakar 2026 |
Stage 5 |
BIVOUAC REFUGE
> HAIL
January 8
th
2026
- 13:50
[GMT + 3]
Brabec was sixth today, just behind his team-mate Tosha Schareina, with whom he opened on both marathon days, completing the stage with a loss of just over 9 minutes. In the overall rankings, the American is still on the podium, 2'02’’ behind new leader Daniel Sanders. He will start two places behind the Australian tomorrow and could arrive in Jeddah in the lead.
“It was a long day up front, actually both days – I started second two days in a row. This morning, there was a little bit difficult navigation on the big flat rocks. I think me and Tosha made a mistake in the same area. I never saw his line and hopefully it caught others out as well. At the end of the day, I knew that people had to take care of their equipment and their tyres. My tyres ended up being perfectly fine for the two days. We’ll see where we are tomorrow. I know the overall times are super tight. Tomorrow, let’s see what happens. I heard there’s some sand dunes so to start a little bit back is actually not terrible”.
