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which would set the tone for
the remaining four days.
I had gone from starting
with just the hope of finish-
ing, to seeing myself doing
well, to doctoring the bike
through the rest of day two
and through the remain-
ing four days to the finish.
The race days where made
up of approximately 250kms
of racing in the mountains,
split between three stages
with liaisons of approxi-
mately 150-200kms broken
up between each stage.
At the end of the day seven, I
crossed the finish line in 136th
place in what is now deemed
to have been the toughest
Hellas Rally Raid to date.
I have to say that I feel
the years of riding both as a
DR and an instructor in the
Defence Forces have made me
a more capable and confident
rider and really provided a
foundation for where biking
will bring me in the future.
All the riders I have come
across in the Defence Forces
are of the highest standard,
and this is down to the
training they receive. For
anyone who has an interest
in biking, I would recom-
mend looking at the Defence
Force as a possible avenue
to achieving their goals.
© HIMOINSA Team
Dani Oliveras
Sgt Eric Dalton
Irish competitors and their bikes: Eric Dalton,
Ronan Twomey, Damien Fitzgerald, Noel
Donnelly, David Rynhart and Massio Coppola.
