Dakar runner-up Nani Roma: “I don’t know if you know a miracle worker, but I don’t know. So we have to continue to compete well.”

Nani Roma Reached the last two stages of Dakar 2026 with a difference of 8 minutes and 40 seconds from the leader Nasser Al-Attiyah In general classification. The Qatari is also set to start behind Nani on stage 12 this Friday, making him a clear option to increase his earnings heading into the final day. To get closer to the sixth crown. But Nani Roma still believes it’s possible.

Catalans are committed to not changing anything about what they have always done. Use your speed and patience to keep going until the last meter in a race where nothing is taken for granted. In that sense, The Forgerol rider gave an example of what happened to Henk Lategan on stage 11.after his Toyota suffered a mechanical failure in the rocks and the rear axle broke. He emphasized to this newspaper that he does not believe in miracles, but that he does believe in continuing to work as hard as he has always done.

For now, Nani He was chasing Nasser, who had no major troubles in this rally with only two days remaining, and with South Africa’s loss, he remained alone in second place.

Nani Roma reach the last two stages Dakar 2026 8’40” from the beginning Nasser Al-Attiyah General classification of Dakar. Qatar also starts late Nani There is a clear option to increase your final day income to get closer to your sixth crown. But Nani Roma still believes it’s possible.

The Catalan player is committed to not changing anything about what he has always done. Use your speed and patience to keep going until the last meter in a race where nothing is taken for granted. In that sense, the figure of Folgerol provided an example of what happened. Henk Lategan After suffering a mechanical failure in stage 11, toyota On the stone, the rear axle broke. He emphasized to this newspaper that he does not believe in miracles, but that he does believe in continuing to work as hard as he has always done.

South Africa’s loss leaves Nani alone in second place for now, chasing Nasser, who had no major troubles in this rally with only two days remaining.

your statement

“The race continues. Look at what happened to poor Lategan. So here, until the last day, until Yanbu, anything can happen. I think we have to continue to compete, we are having a super race, so far everything is going more or less well, so we don’t need to change at all, and it’s going well, of course… Is something going on? Well, it’s a sport, what are we going to do about it?”he told Spanish reporters at the al-Hinakiyah bivouac.

“You have to do what you have to do until these two days. If you keep going each kilometer well, maybe you’ll win, maybe you’ll get on the podium, or maybe there’s something wrong with you. Well, that’s the sport.” Argument.

“Do you need a miracle?” asked the MD. His response was strong. ”I just don’t believe in miracles, at the end of the day I believe in doing things well and continuing to compete. I don’t know if you know anyone who works miracles, but I don’t know anyone right now. Therefore, I believe we must remain calm and continue to compete well. ”

“I think we have to continue to compete as we’ve always competed. I’m not one of those guys who knows how to compete any other way. We’re going to compete the way we’ve competed so far. We haven’t made any serious mistakes. Throughout the Dakar , we almost had an accident. So I don’t know what will happen tomorrow, but I have to continue to compete in the same way. If it goes well, of course, if it doesn’t, that’s it, ”he concluded.

Stage overview

“There was a part in the middle where there were a lot of stones. It was actually very fast at first, but then there was a part with a lot of rocks where you had to overtake two cars, and that was more difficult for me. You lose perspective a little bit, especially on the dust and the stones. That’s where you fear punctures the most, but well, we paid attention to that area and braked straight ahead. , we tried not to rotate the car too much. We could pass two cars, and it was a very fast course, but sometimes it wasn’t. We found the course well, wanted to go very fast, and we had to concentrate very much, so it was a very high level of stress, especially when we saw the poor lategan.

career strategy

“Well, that’s the reality. If you analyze the race, I tend to analyze everything a little bit, so I was always in the wrong car, at the wrong time, but still second place. So, it is what it is. We have to be very happy, the first marathon stage , the first week’s stage. Well, in the first part we started thinking that we could recover in the second, but in the second we found ourselves in a row of dust. And yesterday (in the second part of the “Marathon”) the same thing happened to us, and that’s true. Sometimes it’s important to compete like we’ve been competing and be where we are, even if we’re not in the best possible scenario.