MADRID, 9 One. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Spanish rider Lorenzo Santolino (Sherco), who has returned this Sunday after the seventh stage to the ‘Top 5’ of the Dakar Rally motorcycle general, has ensured that they must be attentive to the “small details”, which are what finally They “make a difference” in the toughest raid in the world, stating that they must be “constant” and not make “big mistakes”.
“It was a good day. At the beginning I went at a more conservative pace (until neutralization). Later I met up with Barreda and Benavides and I think we had a good rhythm because there were many notes, a lot of navigation and between the three of us we have been pulling. If we made a small mistake, another one passed in front, “he said after the stage.
However, the man from Salamanca explained that in the final stretch he was “losing contact” with the group. “Between the three of us we were changing and that has helped us to maintain a good rhythm. From there, I think it was Barreda who passed in front and very fast areas of ‘plateaux’ have come a little bumpy. I have had a bit more difficult to stay with them, “he said.
“We had caught up with Joaquim Rodrigues and he has put himself in front. Little by little I have lost contact. I have stayed at my pace, but going alone it costs me a little more. In the last areas there was a little more navigation again , quite fast. Going with traces is easier, but even so I have tried to keep with the ‘roadbook’ controlled so as not to lose the good line “, he continued.
Overall, Santolino believes it was “a positive special.” “The important thing is to be constant, without big mistakes, maintaining a good rhythm line. The Dakar starts from the moment you get up until you go to bed. We have seen today that a mistake can be made at any time, whether in the link, in a control, on a radar of the link … You have to be focused on the small details that are what make the difference in the end in the Dakar, “he concluded.