After the quick 2 Night stay in Neom the bivouac packed up and got back on the road in the morning. It’s always a crazy site waking up in the morning and half of the camp is empty from the bike teams taking off early.

Stage 3 was the first loop stage for this years Dakar giving the assistance teams a break from moving the bivouac setup. Racers started right at the bivouac with the top bike riders retrieving their bikes from Parc Ferme for the second half of the super marathon. This stage reached the highest elevation of the rally at 1400km roughly 5000 feet. Being that they started and finished at sea level, there was a lot of elevation change during the stage. 

Today racers had an unusual later start. Casey and Sean woke up around 7:00am in no rush with a Bivouac leave time of 9:30am. Casey opted for a protein shake while Sean headed over to the catered bivouac meal. 

Stage 1 began with an early wake up to hit the road. The stage started with a 195 km liaison to the start of the special. Drivers got in the cars around 7:30am and started making their way north out of Jeddah. 

Today is scrutineering and accreditation, so the team will be taking the car over to go through all of the technical specs on the car. Making sure it’s all up to code for ASO standards. 

After a long 24+ Hour travel day, Casey and team arrived in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia for the beginning of the 2020 Dakar Rally. We’ll be here for the next 3 days before the start of the race.