Our first proper day of racing took us from Lima through to Pisco. While the bikes will certainly always have the best views from the top of enormous dunes, our views were truly beautiful too. We were spoilt here with a two-day camp, as the riders did a loop from the Bivouac on day two. Riding was tough, particularly on day two, with a couple of our team’s riders running out of fuel due to the terribly soft sand.
I’ve taken a walk around the bivouac on both evenings and it’s so hard to believe the scale of this event. It’s completely surreal walking among it.
Two negative things have stuck out here. Firstly, the litter, which is literally dropped as people walk. View points around the magnificent dunes were strewn with rubbish. The other things is the number of young men in wheelchairs around the bivouac; a harsh reminder of the dangers of motorsport
