There are only a few days left until it starts and Carlos Sainz finalizes preparations to race his twentieth Dakar. And the Madrid pilot underwent a final medical examination before traveling to Saudi Arabia, which confirmed his spectacular state of form.
“Final checks before leaving for the Dakar. Everything is in order and raring to go!“, said the four-time Touareg champion, accompanied by a video of a few seconds in which he undergoes a resistance test.
In the images, Sainz pedals a stationary bike with a mask on his face. “Let’s see how the adjustment of the valves takes place, if they are adjusted. These last few days have all been very long,” says the double world rally champion, while awaiting the result of his medical examination.
The Dakar will begin this Saturday, January 3 with the prologue stage, which will determine the starting order of the riders of the first stage in the Saudi arena, where Sainz will seek his fifth title to make history again: if he manages to win, He would be the first driver to do so with five different brands.
Currentlythe Madrilenian is now the only one to have managed to win the Touareg with four different carsafter winning the 2024 edition one last time with Audio. Before, there were some with Volkswagen (2010), Peugeot (2018) and Mini (2020).
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