The biker went into cardiac arrest after the crash and was pronounced dead at the hospital. FMTNews
Paulo Gonçalves of Portugal rides his Hero motorbike during stage two of the Dakar Rally Monday, Jan 6 2020.
The 40-year-old suffered the fatal accident after 276km of the day’s ride from Riyadh to Wadi Al Dawasir. “Following resuscitation efforts in situ, the competitor was taken by helicopter to Layla Hospital, where he was sadly pronounced dead,” it added. The Indian-backed Hero rider only made it to this year’s first Dakar staged in Saudi Arabia after recovering from a fractured spleen in a crash in his native Portugal in December.
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