Nasser Al-Attiyah: “We attacked hard”

Each in turn. After the Minis yesterday, the Toyota de Nasser Al-Attiyah took the lead this Monday during the second stage of the Dakar, logically.

After opening the road on Sunday, this time he was able to take advantage of the trail of his opponents. “Yesterday we lost a lot of time, we were opening the road and so we weren't taking any risks. But today we pushed hard and everything worked well, we made no mistakes from start to finish. »

The Qatari beat the Frenchman Stéphane Peterhansel by 2'35″ and the defending champion by 9 minutes Carlos Sainz. “I'm happy, there are still long stages but it's a good start. »

Despite this great performance, Al-Attiyah remains behind the Minis in the general classification. He still has a nine-minute lead over the new leader Stéphane Peterhansel and will have to open the road on the third stage which will include the first real dunes of the year.