He was airlifted to Layla Hospital where he was pronounced dead.
Monday’s motorcycle action on the eighth stage in and around Wadi ad-Dawasir was cancelled “in order to give the riders time to mourn their friend,” said organisers. Australian Toby Price (left) at the scene of the Dakar Rally crash which claimed the life of fellow motorbike rider Paulo Goncalves. He was airlifted by helicopter and evacuated to the closest hospital in Layla, Saudi Arabia where he was pronounced dead. Paulo Goncalves has tragically died while competing at the 2020 Dakar Rally. Sainz continues to lead, Alonso strong again. Finnish journalist Kaj Salminen was killed when the service-car he was driving crashed against a parked tractor during the 16th stage.
Oosterhuis, former road racing champion in the Netherlands, was killed between Bordj Omar Driss and, In his fourth rally, Team Yamaha-France rider Pineau was killed a section of tarmac near, In his second start in the Dakar Rally, a non-entrant, Marinoni, a test rider of production motorcycles for, Huger was an escort rider for the President of the Republic of France and motorcyclist of the Gendarmerie Nationale. Winning the desert riad has given some of the racers the status of legends while for some other riders, completing the rally alone has been their victory. Overall, Sainz leads Al Attiyah by precisely ten minutes, with Peterhansel third from Al Rajhi, Argentine Orlando Terranova (Mini), Ten Brinke and Serradori, while de Klerk moved four places up to 32nd and Bell to 38th. In the quads, Chilean Giovanni Enrico beat Frenchman Simon Vitse and overall leader, Chilean Ignacio Casale to move into second overall, while Russians overall leader Andrey Karginov, Dimitry Sotnikov and Anton Shibalov made it a Kamaz-1-2-3 in the trucks. During the first stage of the rally, 28-year-old Natalia Gallardo was killed after she and a group of spectators were involved in an incident with the Desert Warrior 4x4 of Mirco Schultis and Ulrich Leardi, which had veered off course near the town of Rio Cuarto, some 800 km (500 mi) from. During a displacement stage, a non-competing support truck of Argentinean Marcelo Fabián Sánchez, carrying tyres for the competitors, lost control and struck head-on into a car at route D-43 which joins La Serena and Ovalle, killing two of its passengers instantly. During the 11th stage, the Toyota, which was entered in the rally as back-up car, rolled off a treacherous stretch of desert road en route to the stage finish in Tidjikja, throwing out Vergnes, the mechanic of the Toyota Trophy team, and he died hours later.
Motorsport Media joins the entire Dakar caravan and world motorsport community extend its sincere condolences to Paulo’s friends, family, team and racing rivals. The tragedy understandably shocked his fellow competitors. Goncalves is the first competitor to die in the gruelling endurance event since Polish motorcycle rider Michal Hernik in Argentina in 2015. By the time a medical helicopter arrived, they were unable to revive him; his cause of death was, Caldecott, standing in for injured Spaniard Jordi Duran to ride in the factory, Symons had participated in the 2005 and 2006 rally as a support mechanic and was making his debut as a rider. The Dakar Rally is the ultimate adventure and an unparalleled test that pushes driver and machine to the edges of physical and mechanical performance. Gonçalves, 40, was racing in his 13th Dakar Rally.
Stream over 50 sports Live & On-Demand with KAYO SPORTS on your TV, computer, mobile or tablet. Bourgin, was killed in a road accident with a Chilean police car while travelling to the start of the day's stage. In the car race, Spain’s double world rally and Dakar champion Carlos Sainz continued to stamp authority on the Saudi Arabian race with his third stage victory out of seven aboard his Mini buggy, to consolidate his overall lead. "Paulo, a beloved figure of the rally, was immensely respected by both veterans and less experienced competitors who admired and were inspired by him," the organizers said. On a sombre day in the desert Sainz tightened his grip on the overall car standings with his third stage win of this year’s edition.
French competitor Henri De Roissard lost control of his Nissan Terrano and crashed into a vehicle of the Burkina Faso gendarmerie. One minute of silence was held tonight during the briefing in memory of Paulo Gonçalves.Une minute de silence a été observée durant le briefing pour rendre hommage à Paulo Gonçalves.Un minuto de silencio durante el briefing en memoria de Paulo Gonçalves.#Dakar2020 pic.twitter.com/C16BUGpimX.
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Taye Perry meanwhile moved up to a stunning 57th, Landman 62nd, Gregory 70th and Sharp 80th. "The entire Dakar caravan would like to extend its sincere condolences to his friends and family," it said. For 2020, Goncalves was part of the Hero crew.
He was found unconscious, in cardiac arrest. Sanchez was detained for further questioning. Dakar Rally hit by deaths following road accident.
The FIM has released a statement on the terribly sad news of the Hero MotoSports rider, which can be read below.
Find out more about our policy and your choices, including how to opt-out. “The organisers 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. Tragedy Strikes During The Dakar: Death Of Rider Paulo Goncalves, https://www.rideapart.com/news/392546/dakar-2020-death-paul-goncalves/. N'Daw was hit by a rally car driven by Maris Saukans of. He crashed his BMW RT100 into a ditch near Nampala and hit his head on a rock, sustaining, Theo van de Rijt, driver, Kees van Loevezijn, engineer, and Chris Ross from Scotland, were in a factory-entered, During the seventh stage Djado-Agadez of the rally, in a large desert road, the, During the second stage of the rally, Jacques Houssat, at the wheel of a truck, Land Rover Defender of Laurent Le Bourgeois and Jean-Marie Sounillac was an assistance vehicle for. The other two occupants of the car was taken into a hospital in Ovalle for treatments. ), the Portuguese Motorcycling Federation, the entire Dakar caravan and his many friends. 2020dailydakardeathdesertkillednewsreportssaudi arabia. Since 1979, 75 people are known to have died as a result of the Dakar rally. As grieving riders were unable to continue racing the next day, organisers cancelled the twelfth stage for all motorcyclists out of respect of Meoni. In the stage 2, Their aircraft crashed while they were watching the race from the air. Triumph Teases New Member Of The Tiger Family, The 850 Sport, Ducati Adds Scrambler Nightshift To 2021 Lineup, Jawa Sold 50,000 Bikes In India Over The Past Year, 2021 Fly Racing Helmets Are Here For A Range Of Off-Road Riders. The accident took the life of the founder and organizer of the Dakar, Thierry Sabine, and four other persons: a well-known French pop singer Daniel Balavoine, the journalist Nathalie Odent, a radio engineer Jean-Paul Lefur and the helicopter pilot François-Xavier Bagnoud. This was Palante's 11th Dakar Rally, according to an event biography, which …
[2] The Dakar organizers have not officially recorded or reported on African and Latin American spectator and innocent bystanders deaths. He crashed his privateer, At the second stage of the rally, Terry, in his debut rally, ran out of fuel and sent out an emergency signal to organisers. Descansa en paz piloto. It is with immense sadness that we inform you of the death of Portuguese rider Paulo Goncalves this morning during Dakar seventh stage. His cause of death was. This daily Dakar Report is brought to you by Motorsport Media courtesy of TreasuryOne Motorsport and Red-Lined Motoring Adventures. Mina, a motorsports journalist, along with Ambrosio, had their vehicle overturned while driving. Sunderland, 30, became the only Briton to win any class in the 42-year history of the Dakar rally on the bike in 2017. The 2020 Dakar Kicks Off In Saudi Arabia On January 5, New GasGas RC 450F Dirtbike Gets Dakar Baptism, The 40-year-old rider was a veteran of the Dakar with 12 raids under his belt and no less than 23 titles in motocross and enduro, including the 2013 FIM Cross-Country Rallies World Championship’s top honors. The motorcycle race of Sunday’s longest 546km stage of Dakar 2020 started in chilly Riyadh on a varied route to Wadi Al Dawasir and was provisionally won by Spanish Honda rider Joan Barreda Bort from KTM duo, Austrian Matthias Walkner and Luciano Benavides, Californian Ricky Brabec and Chilean Jose Ignacio Conrejo Flormino on two other Hondas and Chilean Pablo Quintanilla (Husqvarna). Riding for Hero Motorsports Team Rally, he had been in 46th place overall going into the seventh stage from Riyadh to Wadi Al Dawasi. Nasser Al Attiyah was second for the proudly South African Gazoo Toyota team with Mr Dakar, Frenchman Stephane Peterhansel third in another Mini ahead of Toyota Hilux quartet, Dutch driver Bernhard Ten Brinke, Saudi local hero Yazeed Al Rajhi, top rookie, Spain’s double F1 world champion Fernando Alonso and South African Giniel de Villiers. This page was last edited on 1 November 2020, at 23:30.
His three teammates, Briton Sheona Dorson-King, Belgium's Christophe Van Rief and France's Benoit Agoyer, were all taken to hospital in.
Sainz, a two-time former world rally champion, is in a strong position to add to his Dakar wins in 2010 and 2018. Sainz told reporters afterwards, “It was quite a fast. The Side by Side vehicles saw US lads Blade Hillebrand and Casey Currie take the top two places on the day, while SA navigator guided French multiple bike winner Cyril Despres home fourth and Zimbabwean Conrad Rautenbach ended 11th to see Currie extend his overall lead, while Rautenbach moved up to fourth. 40-year-old Paulo Goncalves was taking part in his 13th Dakar. He was rushed to a hospital in Riyadh, where examination showed that he had broken one of his upper neck vertebrae. This rally was his 13th and was to become his last even if he was alive, he held the lead until losing it on the previous leg to the eventual winner, Cyril Despres.