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Dakar Rally 2020 - Rider killed

  • 13-01-2020 04:17AM
    #1
    smurfjed
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    WADI AD-DAWASIR, Saudi Arabia: Portuguese motorbike rider Paulo Goncalves has died after a crash during Sunday’s Dakar Rally seventh stage, organizers announced.
    The 40-year-old suffered the fatal crash after 276 kilometers of the day’s ride from Riyadh to Wadi Al Dawasir.
    “The organizers received an alert at 10:08 (0708 GMT) and dispatched a medical helicopter that reached the biker at 10:16 and found him unconscious after going into cardiac arrest,” a statement on the rally’s official website reported.

    A sad occurrence, the rally has finished in the northern part of the country is heading into the pure desert.


Comments

  • #2
    Oops!
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,283 ✭✭✭Oops!


    On his 13th Dakar with a best finish of second overall in 2015 since 2006.... Looked like he got cought out on an extremely fast section... Can happen to the best of them.


  • #3
    Hotblack Desiato
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 41,084 ✭✭✭✭Hotblack Desiato


    Riyadh? Thought they were staying away from terrorist countries.

    I'm partial to your abracadabra
    I'm raptured by the joy of it all



  • #4
    CJhaughey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,670 ✭✭✭✭CJhaughey


    I used to follow the Dakar but the move to Saudi was the last straw, didn't watch this year for the first time in decades.


  • #5
    smurfjed
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,287 ✭✭✭✭smurfjed


    You missed some awesome scenery and as the Rally shall spend the next 5 years in Saudi, I guess that you can totally remove it from your sports list.


  • #6
    CJhaughey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,670 ✭✭✭✭CJhaughey


    smurfjed wrote: »
    You missed some awesome scenery and as the Rally shall spend the next 5 years in Saudi, I guess that you can totally remove it from your sports list.
    Don't worry, I have already done so. Africa Eco race is my new Rally viewing.
    Much closer to the spirit of the original Dakar.


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