Sam Sunderland: “We have to try and take care of the bike”

Dakar 2020 | Stage 2 | Al Wajh > Neom
January 6 ^th 2020 - 15:12 [GMT + 3]

Second on the first part of the Super Marathon stage, Sam Sunderland took advantage of Toby Price’s mishaps to take control of the general standings.

“It’s the Super Marathon stage, so we have to try and take care of the bike the best we can. I used the rear brake quite a lot today and I just wanted to change the pads just to be safe for tomorrow. It was a really difficult day, really long with big variations in terrain and navigation, from high speed to really slow and technical, in and out of the canyons with a lot of tracks that were less visible. All in all, it was a good day and I’m just trying to keep a steady rhythm, to keep building throughout the race. It’s not so easy when you’re in the dust because you have to pay so much attention to the tracks in front of you, to not lose the way and try to miss any rocks… It's really difficult, really difficult so far".