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The best Dakar rider of all time is a 55-year-old Frenchman Stephane’as Peterhanselis (“Mini”) has once again shown that he still belongs to the elite of the sport.
Katariecio Nassero Al-Attiyah (Toyota) under pressure from Peterhansel for almost 14 minutes. won the record – 14 – Dakar title by difference. He won the Dakar 6 times as a motorcyclist and triumphed for the eighth time driving. Both results are all-time class records. By the way, this year marks the 30th anniversary of Peter Peter’s first win at Dakar in 1991. He beat him in the motorcycle class.
“Although this is the 14th victory, the emotions are the same. Winning a Dakar is always difficult. There are no easy victories here. Only from the outside could our victory seem easy, but we really felt a lot of pressure. Before every day, I had the feeling like we could lose everything. There was definitely no shortage of stress. Coxswain Edouard did a great job, being a crew member of this level for the first time. Sailed perfectly and surprised me with his calmness. 14th title on a different third continent and 30 years after the first title. “My career is really long,” said S. Peterhanselis.
The Frenchman also mentioned a fundamental mistake by his rival, N.-Attiyah: “The difference was probably due to Nasser making the first mistake in the prologue. He won the prologue and thus made a tactical error. I think it cost him a victory in the Dakar. “
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