MICK EXTANCE’S 2020 DAKAR CAMPAIGN
Dakar riders are a special breed. They have to be. Contesting the hugely demanding event demands extraordinary levels of mental strength and determination. Mick Extance is one of those highly driven creatures, having competed in seven Dakars and getting across the finishing line in five of them. But his plan to start the 2020 Dakar is very different, inspired by something which, by his own admission, is the scariest period of his life.
THE PAINFUL INSPIRATION
Ambition to be on the startline in Saudi next January, where the Dakar will run for the first time, stems from a life-changing experience which began in
