for The bikes and quads come in on Monday will not be in action during the eighth stage of the Dakar Rally. The decision was taken after the death of Paulo Goncalves.

The 40-year-old Portuguese motorcycle racer died on Sunday when he was on top of the world stage for a heart attack and was given. In 2015, he finished as a runner-up in the woestijnrally.

finally, After the seventh stage, it was Goncalves in the camp will be commemorated with a minute of silence. After that, decided to motorcoureurs and quadrijders, in consultation with the company on Monday not to start.

as for The cars, trucks and buggy’s going to get to the start of the eighth stage, a sample of 716 kilometres, with start and finish at Wadi Al Dawasir.

Goncalves, first the dead in Dakar Rally since 2015 < / p> Gonçalves was the first fatal victim of the participants in the Dakar Rally since it’s Michal Hernik, in the year 2015. The competition was held in South America, and the current edition is taking place in the kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

as of the start of the Dakar Rally in 1978, there are 29 participants died of. A group of twenty and the deaths appear to be motorcoureurs is by far the most vulnerable.

See also: Stages and participants of the Dakar