{"id":97268,"date":"2019-01-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-01-14T02:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pre.boxrepsol.com\/uncategorized\/first-goal-reached-for-isidre-esteve-in-the-dakar-2019\/"},"modified":"2023-02-27T07:15:26","modified_gmt":"2023-02-27T09:15:26","slug":"first-goal-reached-for-isidre-esteve-in-the-dakar-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.boxrepsol.com\/en\/rally-en\/first-goal-reached-for-isidre-esteve-in-the-dakar-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"First goal reached for Isidre Esteve in the Dakar 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

After studying the Dakar 2019 course meticulously, Isidre Esteve’s main objective was to overcome the first week of competition without losing too much time. Today, the Repsol Rally Team driver has accomplished his mission, completing the ever dangerous marathon stage<\/strong> and reaching the rest day near the top 20 overall.<\/p>\n

The fog was the true protagonist of the day. The lack of visibility forced a delayed start in the morning<\/strong> and, in the afternoon, the organisation decided to cut almost a hundred kilometres off the special due to security reasons. In spite of everything, the route between Tacna and Arequipa wasn’t easy and Isidre Esteve himself can give witness to that.<\/p>\n

“We have had a really difficult day. We got caught in the fesh-fesh when we overtook a truck and, as a result, we had an electrical problem that Txema Villalobos managed to locate and sort out in 40 minutes. A little later, the windscreen wipers broke and we also had to stop to fix them,”<\/em> explained the driver from Llerida.<\/p>\n

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