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Right now, we're in a good spot.
We've got to be smart. Today was
really fast. I feel the navigation
wasn't that tricky. It's a different
story when you are opening the
stage. My team-mate Kevin found
that out today. He's a solid open-
er, but he had a couple of issues.
He lost time as well as Toby. We
are safe and healthy and ready for
day three."
Brabec's teammate Kevin
Benavides took second on the
opening stage to Price and thus
started second on day two, but
after catching the Australian early,
Benavides took on the burden of
opening the track, and ended up
going from second overall to 24th
at the stage finish.
"I caught up with Toby Price
and opened the track for about
300km [186 miles] so I'm happy
with the job done in terms of
navigation and speed," Bena-
vides said after Stage Two. "Even
so, I lost time since following
the roadbook which was compli-
cated, and I had problems to find
some WPs (waypoints) but that's
normal. Tomorrow I will have to
start from behind, so I will have to
take advantage of that."
It's been a solid Dakar for 2020
sensation Skyler Howes. The
American sits eighth overall, 9:31
behind Barreda following his 8-11
stage results.
Unfortunately, it was a very
short Dakar for Yamaha Factory
Racing's Andrew Short. Follow-
ing a 12th on Stage One, the
former supercross and moto-
cross star retired with terminal
mechanical issues just past the
halfway point of the stage.
"For sure it's disappointing to
end the rally like this as I had a
really good stage going," Short
said. "I felt awesome on the bike
and things were going well. With
Dakar only happening once a
year, it's frustrating to go out like
this but I'll be back next year."
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Brabec made up for a
difficult first stage by
claiming second on Stage
Two. PHOTO: HONDA HRC
Price's rally went from
great to awful following
issues in the sand dunes
and fueling problems with
his KTM. PHOTO: KTM IMAGES
