Bruised but relieved, Aussie motorcyclist Daniel Sanders overcomes a face-plant in the Saudi dunes to keep his Dakar Rally title in sight.
Australian motorcyclist Daniel Sanders has overcome a painful head-banging scare at the Dakar Rally to keep his title hopes alive.Sanders finished stage four in 17th despite a rough landing that saw his airbag deploy, bruising his faceExtra security was called in after French prosecutors opened a terrorism investigation yesterday into a pre-race explosion
His face was left bruised but he felt he was lucky to get away without a serious spill, eventually recovering to make it to the finish of the fourth stage in 17th spot. "I landed off a dune jump on a mound. That's why my face is like this — I face-planted the navigation screen on the front," Sanders told the race's website."It was a really rough day. I hit my head pretty hard, but I was really lucky I didn't crash.
In the cars section, Qatar's Nasser Al Attiyah won the fourth stage, extending his overall lead to 38 minutes.
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