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First day of the Dakar Rally’s Fall Death Toll

The first day of the Dakar Rally title appears directly the news. Argentine rider Jorge Martinez Boero was killed after being involved in an accident.

Route from Mar del Plata in Argentina to Santa Rosa, the first day of the Dakar Rally a distance of 57 km. The fate fateful Boero went straight to Jorge Martinez because he had breathed his last there.

Quoted from Gulf Daily News, Jorge Martinez, who competed in the motorcycle class, died after suffering a heart attack after falling from his mount. Organizers said that 38-year-old rider was able to care for about five minutes after the accident.

But his life was hopeless, he died on the way to the hospital by helicopter.

The results of the Dakar Rally First Day

motor
1. Francisco Lpez
2. Marc Coma
3. Javier Pizzolito

quad
1. Sergio La Fuente
2. Marcos Patronelli
3. Tomas Maffei

car
1. Leonid Novitskiyn / Andreas Schultz
2. Krysztof Holowczyc / Jean-Marc Fortin
3.Stephane Peterhansel / Jean Paul Cottret

truck
1. Marcel Van Vliet / Bell Peter / Serge Bruykenss
2. Gerard de Rooy / Darek Rodewald / Tom Cosoul
3. Germany Franz Echter / Detlef Ruf / Arthur Klein