00:00changing a tire on a car quick and easy if compared to a mammoth task of swapping out
00:09a rock ravaged truck one but Jordi Esteve was far from deterred now there's a lot of rocks
00:17and narrow passages for the trucks but let's keep going the Spanish truck did recover though to
00:25finish 18th not such a recovery though for Martin Schultes the Czech started and remained in the top
00:33four until a major problem past the hundred kilometer mark nearly three hours lost on stage
00:40one Martin magic described cutting through the field of cards and dust like a cold knife through
00:47cold butter translation tough but successfully overtaking however two successive punctures
00:54saw him ship nearly 10 minutes yet the two-time champion enjoyed flying over the final junes
00:59to come home in third the Czech champion was effusive in his praise for the pace of Dakar legend Richard
01:04de Groot Masik knows the potential of the Dutchman's ride it was his evolution three that took him to
01:10his first to a reg trophy in 2024 de Groot let him past the Dutchman would eventually come fifth
01:17Vaidotis Jala led the category early doors
01:21but after 180 kilometers those hopes were slammed shut the podium was in sight only for a two-minute
01:29penalty to take that away as well and promote Masik into third happy in second after his prologue victory
01:36that was the feeling of Mitchell van den Brink the young Dutchman lost time at the pit stop yet chose
01:43not to push too hard in the end he still had plenty of pace just one minute 47 seconds off the top that
01:50spot went to Aleš Lopreis the Czech flying after the pit stop and despite a two-minute 10-second penalty
01:56Lopreis earned his tenth stage win in the past three editions we are happy in the finish it was pretty juicy
02:03stage thanks to Hino team Sugawara we receive a special drawing here which is a golden dragon here
02:10by Irie the famous painter so we are happy for that and though it's really flying like a red dragon so
02:18we are happy for that stage one over and his Lopreis who leads the way one minute 47 over van den Brink
02:25magic seven minutes behind and the Czech chasing titles but his life is more than just trucking as
02:34he aims to strengthen even the competition
