Xavier de Soultrait: “I’m afraid that the stitches are going to be painful”

Dakar 2020 | Stage 3 | Neom > Neom
January 7 ^th 2020 - 16:33 [GMT + 3]

The Yamaha rider finished in the top 5 today, but hurt his wrist in a minor fall.

“I’m sad that Adrien has been forced to leave the race because he’s a great rider and we had a well-developed strategy, but difficult things always happen on the Dakar and we have to deal with the consequences. I rode a really great special and did a good job. However, after 350 km, I fell at about 15 kmph, but when I put my hands out to soften the fall I cut my arm. I had to cobble together a tourniquet to stop the bleeding. I’m afraid that the stitches are going to be painful, because I don’t like that sort of thing. I wanted to be in a good position each day and treat the first week as a way of placing myself for the second one. I’m still on target with that objective”.