DEADLY DAKAR: SECOND RIDER DIES
M
ore sad news emerged from the Dakar
Rally camp, with the organisers of the Rally
– the Amaury Sport Organisation or ASO
– confirming that Dutch rider and former Malle
Moto class winner Edwin Straver passed away
from injuries sustained during the 2020 Rally in
Saudi Arabia. 48-year-old Straver was taking part
in his third Dakar. He finished 30th overall and
first in the Original by Motul class (AKA the hard-
core Malle Moto class) in 2019. He entered the
same class this year. Straver crashed 124km into
the timed sector of stage 11 (Shubaytah-Haradh)
B
on Thursday, 16th January 2020. The medical
team immediately dispatched by helicopter
found Edwin in cardiac arrest and proceeded
with resuscitation efforts. He was then airlifted to
hospital in Riyadh where he was admitted to the
intensive care unit before being later repatriated
back to the Netherlands. Sadly, however, the
Dutch rider was unable to overcome the extent
of his injuries and passed away. This this makes
the start of the new Saudi Arabia-based era of
the Dakar a deadly one, with Portuguese rider
Paulo Goncalves also killed in the 2020 event.
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