Portuguese rider Paulo Goncalves of Hero MotoSports Team Rally has passed away from a fall in Stage 7 of the 2020 Dakar Rally. The rally org...
Portuguese rider Paulo Goncalves of Hero MotoSports Team Rally has passed away from a fall in Stage 7 of the 2020 Dakar Rally. The rally organisers broke the news of the Dakar veteran's demise earlier today 276 km into the day's special stage from Riyadh to Wadi Al Dawasir. A statement read that "the organisers received an alert at 10:08 am and dispatched a medical helicopter that reached the biker at 10:16 am and found him unconscious after going into cardiac arrest. Following resuscitation efforts in situ, the competitor was taken by helicopter to Layla Hospital, where he was sadly pronounced dead."
This was Goncalves' 13th Dakar and the 40-year-old was one of the most experienced riders on the field. The rider made his Dakar debut in 2006 and finished four times in the top 10 including a runner-up finish in 2015 behind Marc Coma. Paulo Goncalves was also the 2013 cross-country rallies world champion and was currently placed 46th overall at the end of Stage 6 in the current season of the Dakar Rally.
carandbike extends our sincere condolences to the Paulo Goncalves' friends and family.
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