Adrien Van Beveren: “It wasn’t a transition stage”

Dakar 2025 | Stage 9 | RIYADH > HARADH
January 14 ^th 2025 - 11:30 [GMT + 3]

The French Monster Energy Honda team rider finished the stage with the day’s second-best time behind Luciano Benavides and has closed into within 6 minutes of 2nd place in the general rankings, which is still occupied by Tosha Schareina.

“It was a very tough stage, less eventful than yesterday but more complicated for the navigation. It wasn’t a transition stage, to be honest, and I had to turn round three or four times today. I was riding with Luciano and we rode at a fast pace. In such a case, the navigation becomes complicated. On some stages, you have to accept to make some small mistakes. Perhaps, Tosha was not on top form but he still managed to ride quickly”.