Cristina Gutiérrez: "We made it in one piece"

Dakar 2023 | Stage 13 | SHAYBAH > AL-HOFUF
January 14 th 2023 - 14:29 [GMT + 3]

Fifth today and fourth overall, Cristina Gutiérrez is finishing her Dakar in better shape than she started it. Unfortunately, more than three hours behind the leader, the rally has not gone the way the Spaniard had dreamed of…

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"The stage was difficult, the sun was very high and the tracks in the dunes were difficult to read… It was dangerous, so we tried to play it safe… With 40 km to go, we lost five or six minutes in a place where others must have gotten lost too… We're still happy, we made it in one piece… Tomorrow is the last stage, we'll do our best even if this Dakar isn't the one we had dreamed of."

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