Nasser Al Attiyah: "This is a really great moment"

Dakar 2018 | Stage 13 | San juan > Cordoba
January 20 ^th 2018 - 20:02 [GMT -3]

Nasser Al Attiyah is the main beneficiary of the setbacks suffered by Stéphane Peterhansel and has gained a place to find himself in 2nd behind Carlos Sainz just 24 hours before the finish of the rally.

“It was a very hard and very long day with 1000 km in total with the stage and link. It’s a long day for us. I’m quite happy to be here and finished now that we are in second place. This is really a great moment. There is still one stage left. Tomorrow there are 140 km left and we will try to do our best and concentrate to keep our position. Today was very, very tough. It was easy to make a mistake or to crash, because it was really sandy with a lot of big trees. It wasn't easy, but okay... this is the Dakar”.