“The Dakar is always imprecise and you never know what can happen.
It’s not easy.”
“You have to have another plan: Plan B or Plan C because
in one second everything can change.”
“It’s not easy you know, if it was easy then everybody would do it.
In reality we are laying our life on the line and taking big risks out there.”
“It is very motivating to me and comforting as a rider to be in a team as big as this one."
“I’m confident, and I expect to be ready to help my team to get the Dakar.”
“So here we are in Merzouga, Morocco to capture a bunch of images and footage
to help build an identity for the 2019 programme.”
“So we have a variety of riders at a variety of different levels.
Joan and Kevin seem to be the fast rabbits of the team
while Ricky, Nacho and Paulo are all about being consistent.”
“It is an honour to be a teammate with all these guys.
Paulo and Joan are, I think, the most experienced guys on the team.
Me and Ricky are the young ones working hard to get experience from the other guys.
“We are always pushing for victory and we are a really strong team.”
“We have the smarts to take-on the Dakar and win.”
“You have to operate as a team.
Yes, you are an individual and you are racing to achieve your individual goals
but you need to achieve the team goal.”
“Now, through the years, I think it has almost become a sprint every day
and it is a very physically demanding race.”
“There are a lot of tough riders.
It is different than before, when I started in the rallies and managing the races
with only two or three fast riders only.
Right now it is around ten riders so it is not easy.
Dakar is one of the most difficult races in the world.”
“It is really hard, really completely hard.
You have to have one strategy but, of course, everything can change.
You have to believe that something can happen and maybe that is good for you or maybe not.”
“Of course we put pressure on ourselves.
The factories want us to win, we're here to win.
The victory is what we are after.”
“Everybody has worked really hard all season to give us the best tools to fight for the top positions.”