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Walkner is 18th after the prologue of the Dakar Rally 2021.
A connecting stage of 118 kilometers and the special stage of eleven kilometers were completed on the first day of the 2021 Dakar Rally and Matthias walkner took his KTM to 18th place in this prologue. It is already the seventh time that the Salzburg man has competed in the legendary rally and he lost half a minute to the fastest, last year’s winner, in the short distance. Ricky brabec. In order to defuse the tactics in the prologue, the organizer has created a new time regulation this year. According to the new calculations, this means a time span of 2:08 minutes, by no means worrisome.
Walkner: “Today it was eleven kilometers relatively fast with an average of around 100 kilometers per hour. It was really cool to drive. The heavy rain on New Year’s Eve gave us a lot of grip on the track. He ran on mountain roads and river beds with many sharp stones. I didn’t risk much and just wanted to get in. Today I lost about ten more seconds, but it was only eleven kilometers out of the almost 8000. Tomorrow we will leave at four in the morning, that is, we will get up at three. The first stage is not very long, but it is quite tough. I start relatively back, which is certainly not a disadvantage. I don’t follow a particular strategy, I’ll just try to do my best every day and get the most out of it. I have to give myself a day or two before getting back in and getting used to the high speed, race pace and navigation. When that feeling returns, I’ll try to attack. “
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