Monday, January 4, 2016

The second stage of the rally-raid “Dakar” is reduced because of the weather – Soviet Sport

The program is the second phase taking place in South America
 rally-raid “Dakar” is reduced in order to avoid possible complications,
 weather-related, according to motorsport.com.

Motorcycles and ATVs overcome 354 km instead of 450 km,
 the length of the route for cars and trucks decreased from 510 to 387 km. Sports
 Director of the “Dakar” Marc Coma said that one group of organizers have
 looked new route and approved it.

Previously, the first stage of the “Dakar”, scheduled for
 Sunday was canceled due to heavy rain.

Several fans were injured in the incident,
 which occurred on Saturday in the prologue of “Dakar” -2016. Car
 Chinese racer Guo Meiling flew over the fence and crashed into a crowd of spectators.
 According to some media reports, the total number of victims is 13 people. By
 Doctors said they are concerned about the state of one of the victims.

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