Pablo Quintanilla: “You had to spend a lot of energy trying to control the bike”

Dakar 2023 | Stage 4 | AL SALAMIYA > AL-HOFUF
January 4 ^th 2023 - 15:57 [GMT + 3]

Pablo Quintanilla led stage four for a long time but finally conceded victory to by just sixteen seconds. The Chilean is now in seventh place in the provisional general rankings, eleven minutes behind the leader, Daniel Sanders.

“It was a super tough day. A long day with a lot of tracks and camel grass. You had to spend a lot of energy trying to control the bike. The sand was very wet, so it was heavy to turn in and difficult. It was a long day: 425 km for the stage, so you can imagine that for the body it was super tough”.