Krzysztof Holovcic and Lukasz Kurzeja will start Sunday in the seventh stage of the Dakar Rally.
Krzysztof Holowczyk and Lukasz Kurzeja will start Sunday in the seventh stage of the Dakar Rally. Their mini car made it out of the dunes and is traveling on a trailer to Riyadh, where the participants will have a one-day break on Saturday. Finally, the motorcyclist Maciej Giemza left the event.
Holowczyk, a third Dakar competitor in 2015, collided with a Challenger-class car driven by famous British rally driver Chris Meek on one of the dunes on Thursday. Due to damage to the clutch, the Poles could not reach the improvised camps during this two-day stage and spent the night alone in the desert.
1. It's the end of the Dakar Rally for Pole. He had to withdraw from the competition
– After that night, we waited for many hours for help, but the organizers told us to prepare for the second night, because no one would come here. Then our team (X-ride – PAP) reacted, a helicopter came down with mechanics and they took us out of the desert – told PAP Hołowczyc, who lost his chance for a high place in the general classification already in the second stage when he had it. accident. Now he will be able to continue competing with another long penalty.
Giemza injured his right wrist in the first part of the marathon stage on Thursday. He managed to reach a makeshift camp in the desert, but the next day he was unable to continue riding. He still hoped it might just be a severe contusion, but an X-ray in Riyadh dispelled his doubts.
– I have bone displacement in my right wrist. I need an urgent operation because the nerve may be pressed and I will lose feeling in my fingers. I'm going back to Poland on Sunday or Monday, said a visibly devastated Giemza, who was taking part in the Dakar for the seventh time. It held the highest position, 17th, in 2020.
AA, PAP