Andrew Short Dakar 2019 5th overall

There’s been a lot of chaos over the last few days. My plan from the beginning of this race was to just focus on my performance and try to be as smooth and consistent as possible. I’m happy to see my strategy is paying off. This 5th place in the overall is simply amazing.

Remaining calm and focused, Andrew Short has climbed up to an impressive 5th place in the Dakar’s overall standings finishing the 2019 Dakar Rally raid behind winner Toby Price, runner up Matthias Walkner, Sam Sunderland and team-mate Pablo Quintanilla.
The Chilean, who was second in the general standings before this last stage, has fallen after only 10 km of the special. He rode through the pain to save 4th place on the Dakar