Ross Branch: “The bike was jumping around a lot”

Dakar 2020 | Stage 5 | ALULA > Ha'il
January 9 ^th 2020 - 13:06 [GMT + 3]

Seventh on the day’s special, Ross Branch finished the stage in the company of Price, Brabec and Benavides. The rider from Botswana is continuing his apprenticeship on the Dakar.

“The days are getting better. My shoulder is still quite sore, so I’m just trying to look after that and keep the speed up. Today was good. The navigation wasn’t as bad as it was yesterday, though the off-piste was really, really hard today, so I tried to hang on to the top four guys and just see what they did through there and try and learn a bit from them. All in all, it was a good day. The dunes were very different and not what I was expecting. They had a lot of grass and camel grass on them, so it was really difficult. The bike was jumping around a lot and took a lot of energy, but, yeah, it was a good stage. The sand is definitely hard now, but I think once the cars have gone through it's going to get really soft, but it was good, it was enjoyable”.