Paulo Goncalves
 Graphic content / Hero's Portuguese motorbike rider Paulo Goncalves (C) is attended by medical staff after a crash during the Stage 7 of the Dakar 2020 between Riyadh and Wadi Al Dawasir, Saudi Arabia, on January 12, 2020. - Portuguese motorbike rider Paulo Goncalves has died after the crash, organisers announced. The 40-year-old suffered the fatal accident after 276 kilometres of the day's ride. Unconscious when medics arrived he was helicoptered to hospital where his death was confirmed. He was competing in his 13th edition of the Dakar and was placed 10th in the standings. (Photo by FRANCK FIFE / AFP) / FRANCK FIFE / AFP
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STRAVA I UŽAS NA JEDNOJ OD NAJVEĆIH SVJETSKIH UTRKA! POGINUO LEGENDARNI PORTUGALAC 'Bio je zaštitno lice! Ovo je vrlo težak udarac za sport'

Piše: HinaObjavljeno: 12. siječanj 2020. 14:24

Portugalski 40-godišnji motociklist Paulo Goncalves poginuo je u nedjelju pri padu na 276. kilometru sedme etape Relija Dakar, priopćili su organizatori ovog natjecanja koje se održava u Saudijskoj Arabiji.

Goncalves je bio iskusan motociklist koji je na Reliju Dakar nastupao od 2006. godine, četiri puta završavao među deset najbolji, a 2015. osvojio drugo mjesto u ukupnom redoslijedu.

Goncalvesu je prvi u pomoć priskočio australski motociklist Toby Price koji se vozio iza Portugalca, ali nije mogao mnogo učiniti za nesretnog Portugalca. Kad je medicinski helikopter došao do unesrećenog motociklista, ovaj je bio bez svijesti, imao je zatajenje rada srca i pluća. Nakon neuspješnog pokušaja reanimacije tijekom transporta helikopterom, Goncalves je dopremljen u bolnicu, gdje je ustanovljena njegova smrt.

(FILES) In this file photo taken on January 4, 2014 Portuguese motorbike rider Paulo Goncalves during the symbolic start of the 2014 Dakar Rally in Rosario some 350 Km north of Buenos Aires. - Paulo Goncalves has died on January 12, 2020 after a crash during the Dakar Rally seventh stage, organisers announced. The 40-year-old suffered the fatal accident after 276 kilometres of the day's ride. Unconscious when medics arrived he was helicoptered to hospital where his death was confirmed. He was competing in his 13th edition of the Dakar and was placed 10th in the standings. (Photo by Juan MABROMATA / AFP)
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Paulo Goncalves

"Paulo je bio jedan od najiskusnijih vozača, jedno od zaštitnih lica ovog relija. Ovo je vrlo težak udarac", izjavio je vlasnik licence Relija Dakar David Castera.

Paulo Goncalves je 25. žrtva Relija Dakar i 20. motociklist koji je izgubio život natječući se na reliju čije je prvo izdanje održano 1979. godine.

Posljednja nesreća sa smrtnim ishodom dogodila se 2015. godine u Argentini, kad je poginuo poljski motociklist Michal Hernik.

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