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The Dakar mourns Paulo Gonçalves
https://www.dakar.com/en/news/2020/the-dakar-mourns-paulo-go...
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stage 8 cancelled for bikes and quads.....
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Very sad day. The speeds that these guys run at are crazy, any kind of get off can be fatal. I think Dakar has done a good job with the tribute they
put together for him.
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Quote: Originally posted by advrider  | | Very sad day. The speeds that these guys run at are crazy, any kind of get off can be fatal. I think Dakar has done a good job with the tribute they
put together for him. |
It is illogical to hold a tribute. Competitors die at a rate of 1 per 2 years. Assuming the race is on average 10 days, that is a rate of 1 death
per 20 days.
The riders know the death rate, they signed up knowing the risks, so it is silly that the riders to skip a race day in tribute. The race promoters
and spectators deserve to see a race. — in fact, given the death rate, spectators and race promoters have come to expect a periodic death, and
preventing such gory spectacle, or delaying for post-spectacle tribute, is wrong 
From wiki...
Since 1979, 71 people are known to have died as a result of the Dakar rally. Among the 29 competitor fatalities, 20 were motorcycle related, 6 car
related, 1 truck related, and 2 competitors died as a result of local rebel conflict. Up to 1992, collision was the most common cause of death among
competitors.
Among the 42 non-competitor fatalities are those of the race's founder Thierry Sabine, 14 news journalists and support crew, 23 spectators, and 4
children.
The Dakar Rally has received criticism because of its high mortality rates, with the Vatican Paper describing the event as "the bloody race of
irresponsibility".[1] The event received particular criticism in the 1988 race, when three Africans were killed in collisions with vehicles involved
in the race. PANA, a Dakar-based news agency, wrote that the deaths were "insignificant for the [race's] organizers".[2] The Dakar organizers have not
officially recorded or reported on African and Latin American spectator and innocent bystanders deaths.[3] As a result, fatality numbers for the Dakar
vary from source to source, and bystander victims usually remain unnamed.
[Edited on 1-13-2020 by mtgoat666]
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make that Steve McQueen
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