First act of heroism in Dakar: dragging a bike 2.5 kilometers across the sand to the finish line

Dakar brings out the best in you even in complex situations. There’s no time for regrets. It’s about finding solutions and moving forward in the middle of a remote desert. in any case. And even on a day when everything in theory should have been more relaxed, even the prologue stage of just 22km. One example of this was French player Niels Selick. He suffered some problems on the first day of the Dakar and was forced to sign his first heroic performance of this competition.

Niels was one of the favorites to finish on the podium in Rally 2, the second in the motorcycle category, with his Kove. However, he soon realized that his ambitions in this sport would be in vain.

At the 6-kilometer mark, he encountered mechanical problems with his bike and spent more than two hours in the sun repairing them before resuming his journey. But just when everything seemed to be going well towards the goal, the problem returned.

Niels then stopped 2.5km from the final goal of the prologue stage. The only possible solution was to push the bike, but the added complexity of having to do it on sand, and having to push a bike weighing over 130kg on that terrain made things very complicated for him.

And it has arrived. Selic reached the final finish line already in the trash with a chance of a podium in Rally 2, but only after learning resistance and resilience in the sun. He will continue to aim to shine in the 13th stage of this Dakar, without having a goal for the overall standings. She was unlucky to be the last Cove to leave Rally2, ahead of RallyGP’s premier class pilots, whose starting spots in Stage 1 were at stake. He had to push. He signed the first feat of this edition.