Xavier de Soultrait: "Quicksand is no joke"

Dakar 2018 | Stage 5 | San Juan de Marcona > Arequipa
January 10 ^th 2018 - 12:17 [GMT -5]

The Yamaha rider, currently sitting in fifth place overall, is providing excellent support to team leader Adrian Van Beveren.

"I started right behind Adrien and caught him on the dunes. I overtook him for a short while, but I took it easy and let him move back to the front. I'd never seen sand so loose before, it's incredible. Quicksand is no joke. It changes shape, you gradually notice it. The atmosphere is good, we're better in sync and it really helps. There was a moment when I'd missed a waypoint and he showed me where it was. He later got stuck in the sand, so I stopped to see if he could get out. If KTM have won so many times, it's probably because they're good at this game. Now we're realising just how far we can go."