He can say that he has seen all the colors this year. After setting the 2nd time in the previous stage, Guillaume de Mévius suffered this Wednesday. Once again, the Belgian was let down by his MINI which again pushed him to do some mechanical work in the dunes of the Empty Quarter.
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“The Dakar doesn’t want us this year”, plague Brabançon. “We had a problem with the hydraulic cylinders. I got stuck in the sand, it’s my fault. When we wanted to get out, we took out the jacks and there, one burst! It was necessary mechanical and dismantle the entire jack which was stuck in the sand at an angle. Then we drove cool at the end.”