Edwin Straver dies
Dutch motorcycle racer Edwin Straver died eight days after crashing in the Dakar Rally, race organisers said last Friday.
He is the second racer to die as a result of injuries sustained in this year's edition of the Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia.
The 48-year-old Straver suffered serious injuries when he crashed on 16 January during the rally's penultimate stage. He was resuscitated by a medical team and airlifted to a hospital in Riyadh before being flown back to the Netherlands.
“The entire Dakar caravan would like to extend its sincere condolences to Edwin's family and friends,' organisers said in a statement.
Another motorbike rider, Paulo Goncalves of Portugal, fell and suffered cardiac arrest about halfway through the 546-kilometer (339-mile) seventh stage.
Goncalves was the first competitor to die in the Dakar Rally, the world's toughest rally, since Polish motorcyclist Michal Hernik in 2015 in Argentina. Two non-competitors were killed in 2016 in crashes with vehicles.
Straver was taking part for the third time. He won the Original by Motel class in 2019.
- NAMPA/AP
He is the second racer to die as a result of injuries sustained in this year's edition of the Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia.
The 48-year-old Straver suffered serious injuries when he crashed on 16 January during the rally's penultimate stage. He was resuscitated by a medical team and airlifted to a hospital in Riyadh before being flown back to the Netherlands.
“The entire Dakar caravan would like to extend its sincere condolences to Edwin's family and friends,' organisers said in a statement.
Another motorbike rider, Paulo Goncalves of Portugal, fell and suffered cardiac arrest about halfway through the 546-kilometer (339-mile) seventh stage.
Goncalves was the first competitor to die in the Dakar Rally, the world's toughest rally, since Polish motorcyclist Michal Hernik in 2015 in Argentina. Two non-competitors were killed in 2016 in crashes with vehicles.
Straver was taking part for the third time. He won the Original by Motel class in 2019.
- NAMPA/AP
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