Stage one of many 2024 Dakar rally sees two Americans on the day’s podium. Honda’s Ricky Brabec completed in second place solely seconds adrift of stage winner Ross Branch on his Hero. Third place was Mason Klein on the Kove crew. For others, this yr’s rally wasted no time in delivering its promise to be brutal and unforgiving. Stage one noticed the medical crew has extract Tosha Schareina from at the moment’s particular after a fall at km 240 that damage his arm. The winner of the prologue was racing in his third Dakar. Also on the misfortune checklist was Skyler Howes, who needed to open a lot of the stage after beginning up entrance. Howes received misplaced early and spent a lot of the day driving along with his teammates who began behind him. Jacob Argubright, then again, was leased along with his 18th-place end on the day.

Ricky Brabec: You couldn’t even rely the quantity of rocks on the market and while you’re making an attempt to dodge them and browse your notes it’s robust. You don’t wish to crash on the rocks, you don’t wish to miss a word so it’s discovering that stability. Definitely the navigation was onerous at the moment and so was the driving. The plan for tomorrow is simply to make it to the following bivouac with out making any massive errors.

Jacob Argubright: Tough stage bodily with so many rocks and navigation challenges. I’ve by no means seen so many rocks in a rally stage and I liked it. Felt nice all day, couple of navigation classes discovered and misplaced time however I’m completely satisfied. The Red bike is fairly kick ass to say the least. I’m not going to say I’m drained however I’m prepared for a nap. P18 on the day and P18 within the normal so already off to a greater begin than final yr.

Skyler Howes: Major points this morning dropping a ton of time, combined with driving a bit of too conservatively set me method again at the moment. Ricky and Nacho caught as much as me and I used to be in a position to latch on to their tempo and trip with them however nonetheless not a great stage for me. It was a gnarly, filled with countless lava rock and technical nav, however that doesn’t cease the boys from juicing it on the market. An extended strategy to go nonetheless, gonna be onerous to chip away at this misplaced time however I’ll give it my all.