“I feel we had some good tempo contemplating there have been no bikes in entrance of us. In the long run, we have been capable of race with Nasser, Yazeed [Al Rajhi] and Lucas [Moraes] and the Centurys within the dunes as a result of there was not a lot else to do, however it was a great stage.”
Though Al-Attiyah took trip of his Ford rival, the five-time Dakar Rally winner admitted he struggled with navigation initially earlier than hitting his stride within the dunes.
“It was a really robust day,” Al-Attiyah defined.
“Generally after we have been opening it was very troublesome. Yazeed had a great line and when he handed, we simply adopted him, till the dunes after we handed him, however it was actually troublesome.
“I’m joyful to complete this present day. We nonetheless have 4 days left and we’ll see. The navigation was very exhausting. Generally we have been fortunate, different instances not, however we made it right here”.
On the entrance, Henk Lategan bounced again from a substantial time loss in stage seven by setting the quickest time, to increase his margin over Al Rajhi within the total standings to 5m41s.
