Dubai-based Dakar Champion holds narrow advantage going into the final day With one day to go GASGAS rider, Sam Sunderland still holds top spot on the ADDC. Thanksto his impressive pace, and a decent helping of grit and determination, Sunderland hassafely completed the penultimate stage of the 2022 Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge in ninthplace, maintaining his lead at the top of the overall timesheets. As the second rider into the 243km special, Sam did a superb job, losing the minimumamount of time to his chasing rivals, and producing a near mistake-free stage while pushinghard for just over three hours of racing. “Day four done, and I’m still in the overall lead, but it looks like things are really close at thetop, just like Dakar,” said Sunderland. “It was a tough stage again today with lots of rockypistes and some big dunes. I caught Matthias (Walkner) around kilometer 80 and then…
