Branch opens Dakar Rally with stage win

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Riding high: Branch won Stage One despite losing time along the way to help a fellow competitor PIC: ENDURO21

Local top biker, Ross Branch, claimed a stage win at the Dakar Rally 2024 Stage One earlier today, despite losing considerable minutes after he stopped to help a fellow competitor.

Branch was excellent on the bike in the prologue stage held yesterday as he finished the 157km run in third position. The prologue is the shortest stretch of the 12 stages of the Dakar Rally and today Branch tested the 541km stretch of Stage One.

The Kalahari Ferrari as Branch is affectionately called, was among the leading pack from the start. He went to the front of the pack just before the special section, but stopped to assist a fellow competitor, Tosha Schareina of Spain, who had a crash midway through the race.

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Branch opens Dakar Rally with stage win

Local top biker, Ross Branch, claimed a stage win at the Dakar Rally 2024 Stage One earlier today, despite losing considerable minutes after he stopped to help a fellow competitor.

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