It was a really fast stage today, especially at the beginning
Stephane Peterhansel
It was a pretty nice stage today, it was fun, technical with a lot of sliding
fun nice today stage pretty
This second victory is a confirmation of my new status as a car driver
car victory status
The day wasn't too bad for us
bad day
today beginning stage
Today's stage was quite varied. There were places where you needed to be very careful. It was muddy in parts and some puddles of water stood in sheltered areas. Other places were much faster across rural farmland and you could push a little, but after the puncture we had no chance of setting a fast time.
places chance time water stage
It was a very difficult stage with many sand dunes and some camel grass.
difficult grass stage sand
Today's stage was difficult with the number of bikes and cars running closely together. I kept my distance to stay out of the dust and avoid hitting a rock or a big hole in the track.
distance running difficult cars rock dust stage big
This morning I said that a Buggy could be leading tonight and I was nearly right. It was a very fast stage. We were fine with the navigation, but we did not expect to win the stage today. I will start in sixth place in the morning and I feel that this could give me a little advantage. We will see.
today feel morning start win place stage give
The car has run more than 15 000km since the beginning of the year and is fully tested. That fact makes me confident for Dakar 2006 but the overall win is still open to everyone.
car beginning win open fact run confident
We had to stop to change another tire and lost more time. I will not have fond memories of my passage through Portugal on the Dakar Rally.
change time memories lost stop
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