There was a time when I thought that edgar canet He was planning to drop out the second time. dakarin this complex stage 5 of the world’s toughest race. But that goes without saying. Catalan stood still on the other side km 240, More than 100km left to reach the final goal of the dayThe rear wheel broke when it hit a rock.

pilot of 20 yearsof Garigathere was a problem with the “mousse” on the inside of the tire, which was very difficult to fix. Nevertheless, he tried everything to find a solution that would allow the march to resume. He got back on his bike after getting lost for more than an hour.I wanted to reach the end of the stage, but it wasn’t possible.

“It was after refueling. At 220 km the gradient changed and there were some stones. I saw them a little earlier and jumped on them, but I only touched them a little with my rear wheel. The shock was also out of this world. But on that straight I noticed that the ‘Moose’ was already starting to turn, so today we made a new cut,” he told MD. An exhausted pilot at Hail’s camp.

“And I tried to repair it with everything I could, using everything they told me. Duct tape, zip ties, crawling tape… everything possible. Finally I put gas in it and spun the wheels. There was no ‘moose’ left.” Then I removed the wheel and removed the bead. I rode many kilometers without wheels, but the moment came when I said enough was enough. And from there I begged and eventually got that wheel,” he said. media. the current.

According to Edgar, the audience gave him the wheels he needed in the end. Regulations pay 6 hours fine. Edgar achieved this with its tires He made it to the end of the special with a loss of 4 hours, 36 minutes and 15 seconds, plus a 6-hour penalty. a Total loss of 10 and a half hours He has improved his position from yesterday’s 4th place overall and has the option of finishing on the podium. Those options are gone.

However, the Catalan player made it clear that he was not concerned about the penalty. He even claimed that he did not know how many hours he had been punished. His only goal was to continue learning with the clear long-term goal of winning the Dakar.

“My goal was to win the Dakar and I knew that if I wanted to achieve that goal, it wouldn’t be best to go home today. So, Gaining more kilometers and gaining more experience means getting closer to it, and no matter what penalty you get today, it’s important to stay in the race. It’s as if it’s outside the usual categorization. “I don’t care if in a few days they tell me my name isn’t on the list. I just wanted to keep going, do the kilometers they had to do and learn from them,” Edgar insisted, adding that he was offered several times to leave by helicopter, but he refused, showing a spirit of defiance and pride.

“I don’t care about the penalty. I don’t even know what penalty I got. Even if I’m told my name isn’t on the list, I’ll keep going to keep learning.”

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“Mentally it was very difficult. There were many ups and downs, a thousand things went through my mind. I had already left Dakar and I could see myself going home, with the message: ‘Well, everything is fine, I’ll be waiting here, you did well, that’s enough.’ I got it…and the helicopter came and said, “Okay, let’s go.” And I said, “No, no, we’re going to fix it, we have to fix it.” Just get it done.” And they said to me, “We’ll give you time until dark.” I finally got the wheels I’ve been looking for. I asked, and eventually the audience had a wheel for me to use and I was able to get to the end. What will I be punished for? No problem. I didn’t care if there was a 12 hour penalty. The only thing I want is to continue racing over the next few days and that’s the important thing. In other words, I don’t even know the punishment for what I did. ”

“The helicopter arrived and said, ‘Get in, we’re leaving.’ And I said, ‘No, no, we’re going to fix it. We have to get it done no matter what.'”

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Edgar accepted the penalty.Because I liked being able to reach the end with the sole purpose of . You can continue learning by continuing to race.This is the main goal he continues to set for this Dakar after making his debut last year as the youngest rider in the history of the Dakar Official Motorcycle Team and surprising everyone by becoming the youngest rider ever to start this Dakar by winning two stages (Prologue and Stage 1).

Starting as General Division Leader is a dream for Kane and shows the huge talent he has. It has everything that marks the era of this sport. But it’s still too early for that. He must continue to gain experience in events where there are multiple details to control, such as tire management, which criticized him.

I knew something like this could happen.

For motorcycles, tires cannot be changed during stages 4 and 5. They had to run both parts of the marathon stage on the same wheels. Many people would suffer, and Kane knew he would be one of them. Upon arriving at the stage 4 shelter camp, he warned: “My rear wheel is reaching its limit. I’m going to hone my skills until I reach the finish line.” He wasn’t wrong.

Edgar used a knife to cut the block right next to the cut on the rear wheel so there would be less pressure in that area. But he warned there were other cuts that were bigger and more worrying. Still, he gave his all from the beginning of Stage 5. Instead of fixing a broken tire, He accelerated and was the stage leader at every point up to 240 km. He was the first to cross the area alongside Luciano Benavidez. But his rubber spoke volumes.