Dakar 2021: Favoriti (ot)padaju (motopuls.com)
Incidents
CS Santosh, riding
Hero 450 Rally, suffered high speed crash on stage 4, sustaining head injuries. Fellow riders performed CPR until the medics arrived. Santosh was placed in an induced coma awaiting further tests.
[16] Scans revealed no major injuries apart from dislocated shoulder, and no major issues that would impact recovery, was announced on 11 January 2021.
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Two incidents took place on stage 7. French rider Pierre Cherpin, riding Husqvarna bike, crashed heavily at kilometer 178, sustaining head injuries. He was airlifted to hospital and placed in an induced coma. Another Frenchman Olivier Susset collided with a
Sodicars buggy at kilometer 419, driven by Manuel Plaza Perez and Mónica Plaza, and was hospitalized with suspected broken ankle and elbow.
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Stage 8 saw
Xavier De Soultrait [
fr] crashing heavily on his Husqvarna, the biker has been hospitalized.
[21] Another Husqvarna rider, Maurizio Gerini was taken to hospital after finishing the stage. Gerini suffered heavy fall 30 km to the finish, but managed to complete the stage. He was diagnosed with internal bleeding in abdomen area.
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Three more bikers crashed out and were airlifted to the hospital on stage 9. KTM rider
Toby Price crashed on kilometre 155 and suffered broken collar bone and both wrists as well as extensive bruising.
[24] Luciano Benavides riding Honda was also airlifted after falling and dislocating his shoulder on kilometre 242.
[25] Husqvarna rider Maciej Giemza withdrew after he torn his shoulder ligaments and suffered two fractures in the foot after hitting a rock at 110 km/h and rolling several times.