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Finally, sustainability is linked to both sporting and non-sporting areas, as is the educational side we are developing to get the new generation on 2 wheels. After departing Jeddah along the Red Sea for a northbound km transfer, the starting shot for the qualifying stage was fired at the entrance to the Medina region.
The opening 19 km sprint was a sign of things to come: sandy tracks and dunes in an all-sand timed sector in which the entrants crowned and gobbled up dunes, sometimes even broken ones.
On this power hike, competitors were expected to bring their A game from the beginning, much like young biker Daniel Sanders. The riders then headed north-east for a km liaison to Ha'il, where the grand start podium awaited the participants for tomorrow's stage 1B on a loop course. You can't write "Sanders" without "sand"!
The Australian sensation of the Dakar again showed his talent in a short, sandy stage see Stat of the day that also saw runner-up Pablo Quintanilla thrive in his new home at Honda. His three Honda teammates all played the little game of the qualifying stage, but only Pablo Quintanilla, second, came out ahead. Indeed, Barreda and Brabec, 10th and 12th, respectively, will have to settle for scraps when the time comes to choose their starting position for stage 1B.
