Three-time Paris-Dakar rally winner Richard Sainct has died. The French motorcyclist was involved in two crashes on the fourth stage of the Pharaohs Rally in Egypt. The second proved fatal.
The alarm was raised when fellow competitors reached the scene.
"Sainct was transported unconscious but alive to the mobile clinic. Shortly after being admitted he died" said race organiser Massimo Garbaccio "The body was transported to the hospital at Siwa and then to Cairo. We're all very shocked."
His KTM team withdrew from the Pharaohs Rally following his death and released the following statement:
"KTM regrets to announce the death of three-time Paris-Dakar winner Richard Sainct. Our thoughts are with Richard's family."
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