Dakar 2019: The Marathon Begins?
The first Marathon Stage has been completed for Dakar 2019.
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SS4, The Marathon Begins?
America Finally Gets the Victory They?ve Been Waiting for at Dakar 2019
In Peru, they call it ?fesh-fesh.? A term, unbeknownst to them, the racers were becoming quite familiar with. Maybe they thought they’d seen the last of it. But fesh-fesh, or silt to the rest of us, ruled the start of Special Stage Four. Like riding in Moon dust. Traversing the mountains of Mars. The route today was otherworldly.
Did the race go by quickly, or was it just Ricky" The Fast Guys were certainly still fast among motorcyclists, but even the second speediest rider of the day, 2018 Dakar Winner Matthias Walkner (#1), came in a whopping 6 minutes and 19 seconds after Brabec (#15).
?I needed it. Yesterday was tough on me and I lost a lot of time. Today I really, really needed to push with the marathon night and motocross start tomorrow. It kind of helps me because tomorrow I can?have the stage under my control and finish where I want. With the motocross start it makes it easy to manage. That?s my plan for tomorrow and I?m really happy with today and getting the stage win as well as making up a bit of time… My body is still 100%, the bike is still 100%.” ? Brabec #15, HRC Factory Team, USA
A huge win not only in Part One of the Marathon stage, but as the now overall leader in the General Classification for bikes. It?s not only a victory for himself and HRC, but for ...
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