Falcon, who was riding a KTM in the Rally2 motorcycle class, had an accident on the second stage from Al-Henakiyah to Ad-Dawadimi on January 7th, had to be resuscitated and has been in an artificial coma ever since. Riyadh. In his fall, Falcon suffered cerebral edema, a fractured cervical vertebra, a broken collarbone and a broken wrist, and five ribs were broken.
Sport took a back seat. Honda factory rider Ricky Brabec was able to extend his lead on the eighth section over 678 kilometers, 458 of which were special stages, but KTM ace Kevin Benavides took the day’s victory. As the car leader, Carlos Sainz gained some breathing space once more in his Audi RS Q-etron, as his pursuer Sebastien Loeb (Hunter) missed a waypoint and lost several minutes. Mattias Ekström set the best time of the day.
1979: Motorcycle pilot Patrick Dodin (Fra) dies following a fall. 1981: Three Italian journalists die in an accident involving an escort vehicle.
1982: Bert Oosterhuis (Ned) suffers fatal injuries in a motorcycle crash. The journalist Ursula Zentsch dies in an accident involving a support truck. A child is fatally injured by a vehicle in Mali.
1983: Jean-Noel Pineau (Fra) dies in a crash on his motorcycle. 1984: A spectator in Burkina Faso is hit and fatally injured.
1985: A child standing on the side of the track is hit and dies in Nigeria. 1986: The Japanese Yasuo Kaneko is killed when his motorcycle collides with a car on a connecting stage in France. Five people die when a helicopter crashes in Niger, including Dakar founder Thierry Sabine.
1987: The driver of a press vehicle dies in an accident
1988: Kees van Loevezijn (Ned) is thrown from his truck and dies. Co-driver Patrick Canado (Fra) dies in a collision between two rally cars. Motorcycle pilot Jean-Claude Huger (Fra) succumbs to his fall injuries. Two journalists, two children and a woman die in accidents.
1990: A journalist dies following an accident. 1991: The driver of a tank truck in the escort group was shot dead in Mali.
1992: Jean-Marie Sounillac and Laurent Le Bourgeois (Fra) die in an accident involving a support truck in Libya. Motorcycle pilot Gilles Lalay (Fra) is hit by a medical vehicle and fatally injured.
1994: Motorcycle pilot Michel Sansen (Bel) and a child die in a fall.
1996: Laurent Gueguen (Fra) dies when his truck explodes in a crisis zone (Morocco/Polisario front). A child is killed by a motorcycle in Guinea.
1997: Motorcycle pilot Jean-Pierre Leduc (Fra) dies following a fall.
1998: Five car passengers from Mauritania try to overtake a participant on a connecting stage and die in the accident.
1999: A gendarme dies in Burkina Faso when his car collides with a participant.
2002: A member of the Toyota team dies in an accident. 2003: Bruno Cauvy (Fra) dies in an accident in the dunes of Libya.
2005: Motorcycle pilot Jose Manuel Perez (Sp) dies from injuries sustained in a fall. Motorcycle pilot Fabrizio Meoni, Dakar winner in 2001 and 2002, dies following a fall in Mauritania. A girl is fatally injured by an assistance truck
2006: Motorcycle pilot Andy Caldecott (Aus) dies from injuries sustained in a fall in Mauritania. A boy is hit by a participant while crossing the road and dies.
2007: Motorcycle pilots Elmer Symons (Rsa) and Eric Aubijoux (Fra) die in two accidents.
2009: Motorcycle pilot Pascal Terry (Fra) is found dead in Argentina three days following his disappearance. A support truck crashes into a car in Chile, killing two passengers.
2010: German Mirco Schultis’ car goes off the track near Cordoba and crashes into a group of spectators; a 28-year-old Argentine woman dies in hospital from her injuries.
2012: Argentine motorcycle pilot Jorge Martinez Boero dies in an accident two kilometers from the finish near the town of Necochea.
2013: French motorcycle pilot Thomas Bourgin dies in Chile following a collision with a police car.
2014: Belgian motorcyclist Eric Palante has a fatal accident in Argentina. Two journalists also die: their car crashes into a ravine.
2015: Polish motorcyclist Michal Hernik is found dead in Argentina on the stage from San Juan to Chilecito at kilometer 206.
2016: A 63-year-old spectator from Bolivia dies following being hit by Frenchman Lionel Baud’s Mitsubishi.
2020: Portuguese motorcycle pilot Paulo Goncalves dies following a crash between Riyadh and Wadi Al Dawasir.
