Rui Gonçalves was one of the biggest highlights today in the Dakar by finishing Stage 8 in sixth place. The #19 took 3h37m27s to complete the 678km, with 458 of Special, and admitted to being very happy with his performance on a day when he made a mistake that forced him to lose more time.
In social media, the Portuguese spoke about his performance today, where he faced a faster part and a more technical one: ‘Sixth position today, where the first 160km were always in sand and with very fast tracks, then we had a 200km liaison and entered the second part of the special with hard terrain, more rocks and more technical’.
He also regretted a mistake he made, which did not shake his confidence for the remaining races in the competition: ‘Overall, I felt very good, I did a good navigation only with one mistake that made me lose some time in the end. The sixth place in the stage leaves me very satisfied and confident to continue giving my best in this Dakar Rally’.
He also expressed his gratitude to his team: ‘My Sherco Racing_Factory team has been doing a good job and your support has been very important to me, thank you!’.
