The leadership of the Dakar 2024 remains in the hands of Ross Branch. This Monday, in the third stage, the Hero MotoSports man was even penalized for a minute and finished fifth but keeps the overall lead with a 3m11s advantage.
The rider from Botswana stated in a release that it was a day where he made mistakes: ‘It was in fact a really weird stage for me. In the morning I was doing very well, but then ended up making some navigational errors and lost time with a particular waypoint. I’m happy however to be here in one piece’.
Branch also commented on the crash that forced his teammate, Sebastian Bühler, to retire from the race: ‘I hope my teammate Sebastian will get better soon, it was disheartening to see him lying on the side of the road injured. My thoughts are with him’.
