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Rally legend Fabrizio Meoni died today as a result of his crash at the 114-mile mark of today's 11th stage of the Telefonica Dakar rally.
According to event promoters, a medical helicopter was sent to the scene of Meoni's crash where doctors treated him for 45 minutes. However, the two-time Dakar winner died at just after 11 a.m. (GMT). The Italian was 47 years old.
Meoni was running second overall in this year's rally behind Cyril Despres. It was Meoni's 13th Dakar Rally.
I saw this on OLN featuring the Dakar rally. This actually made me cry! When I saw all the fellow racers come in and get off their 400lbs bikes fatiqued and broken to find out that they're race legend and mentor had died; literally watching the riders drop to their knees with the news broke my heart. The Dakar is hell as it is. At least he passed doing what he loved. God bless him.
The sad thing is he wasn't even going fast he was reaching for a book.....
01 BRP (XR680R) cammed, 11:1, pro curcuit exaust with spark arrestor of course , Clarke 16.3l tank, 15/47 Ironman Sprokets
, Clarke 16.3l tank, 15/47 Ironman Sprokets