“I still can’t believe what’s happening to me. It’s a lot for me to be in second place again and now enjoy it a lot. This costs a lot. Every day with lots of cold, water, fear, anxiety, ”she commented. Francis Morenothe pilot from Tupungato, Mendoza, finishing second in the quads in this Dakar 2023 which had Kevin Benavides as its great protagonist.
The race was dominated from the start by Frenchman Alexander Giroud. And from the very beginning Moreno was also his closest follower. “This race was very complex. When I crossed the finish line, a thousand things came to mind. Plus I went full throttle when I was done. You feel enormous emotion. My team supported me a lot. And the people from Argentina, who supported me from there through the networks. He dedicated them to them”, underlined the boy from Mendoza, very excited after finishing the last special stage.
“In these last kilometers there was a lot of mud and it was there to stay, you had to come very carefully, this creates confusion. And the fun is using concentration for what you do,” added Moreno.
On the quad, Moreno has phrases stuck on him, which he thinks he looks at and remembers from time to time in whole stages. “Believe in you, my mount and my team, 100%”says the first. “Your motivation is your success, until the end”, is next. And close with: “Enjoy the last pass just like the first. mutual trust”.
In that category Pablo Copetti was also third, as in 2022, and the category was closed by Carlos Verza, who was the only Argentine who raced under the name “Malle Moto” (he does not have a service team) and Alejandro Fantoni.
In the car it was a fabulous performance by Juan Cruz Yacopini from Mendoza, who with the Toyota Hilux arrived in 7th place overall.
Source: Clarin
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