Edgar Canet starts the 2025 Dakar with a bang: 3rd place in the prologue stage and 3rd place overall on two wheels

We’ve been warning about it for a long time. It wasn’t a topic of conversation. He achieved a hard-won victory with important results. edgar canet It’s the future of raids dakarnot only in Spain but also internationally. to him The 19-year-old will make his debut in the 2025 Dakar as KTM’s youngest ever official rider. The team asked him if he didn’t want to run and his goal was to learn and gain experience. But, andA boy from La Garriga with amazing honesty, maturity and serenity Despite KTM repeating that they will not expect any results from him in this Dakar. Like the champion, he got off to a strong start with an impressive 3rd place in the prologue stage of Dakar 2025. Among all the great and experienced favorites.

To Edgar Canet, who appeared long before the winning candidate, Only Prologue stage winner, teammate Daniel Saunders, could beat him with a time of 16 minutes 51.7 seconds over the 29 kilometers of sand. And immediately start warming up. And current world champion Ross Branch (Herro) achieved it in exactly the same time as the Spaniard, but both were 12 seconds slower than the best. Edgar finished 18 inches behind the best, ahead of current Dakar champion Ricky Brabec (Honda), making him a popular figure in the Spanish bike world. Honda Valencian Tosha Chalayna (25 inches)Pablo Quintanilla placed 6th.

It must be remembered that, unlike in cars, on motorcycles the prologue stage of the Dakar counts towards the general classification. That is why Edgar Canet will start in third place in the Dakar classification. Furthermore, this third place will give him a good starting position among the big names in Dakar without having to open up the course.

Kanet, Rally2 leader

As a debutant, he does not qualify for the subcategory despite riding the same KTM bike as the other officials. Rally GP (queen class) rally 2. In that sense, he started as the overall leader in Silver Class Rally 2.

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“I had a very good start and I’m sure the ‘pro’ riders will improve their times from now on. At the moment I’m just updating (the standings) and I think I’m still at the top of the standings. I’m thinking ‘Happy’Edgar told the MD when he arrived at Bisha’s bivouac. The era of some of our favorite theorists is not yet known. But they came and Branch tied the time and only one could beat him. Edgar could have set an even better time had he not been bothered by the dust of the seven pilots. A star is born.

keep your feet on the ground

“The stage was fast, the type I like. I had to go through the dust and overtake some riders who started in front of me, but I managed to pass them without losing too much time. I’m happy with the results.” Despite this, Edgar is calm, collected, grounded and aware of his goals this Dakar.

“The goal starts tomorrow with the real Dakar, so for now I have to follow the same plan and try not to make navigation errors or get scared by the bike. I have a good feeling about tomorrow. Let’s see how it starts,” he added to the newspaper.

For now, the Catalan has been able to get rid of the butterflies in his stomach by starting to gas up his new bike, which is the same KTM as the official one.

“Once the clock hit zero and I got to the prologue, I was no longer nervous and I just focused on navigation without thinking about anything else. And the truth is, it went very well. I’m very happy with that.” “The tension is gone and the Dakar has already begun,” he added.

“The goal of the prologue is where the Dakar really begins. It starts now. It’s going to be a very tough two weeks and we’ll have to learn from all our mistakes and see how things go.”he added, smiling softly, as if something normal had happened.