Laia Sanz devastated after being hit by a rock and rolling over: ‘I’m very angry’

Lia Sanz and his co-pilot maurizio gerini Approximately 70km from the finish line of the first stage of Dakar 2025, the accident occurred at around 330km, just after passing the final checkpoint before the end of the stage. Laia was unable to see due to the dust and collided with a rolling stone, causing the car to overturn. .

The organization reported to the Bivouac MD: Bishaboth Laia and Maurizio were able to get out of the car on their own and were uninjured, but the evidence suggests that a call for assistance should begin from that moment on to assess the damage and repair it themselves as soon as possible. That’s what I refused. In fact, even though I lost a lot of time, They both manage to reach the camp and plan to attempt a complete repair of the car. I’m leaving this Sunday.

Everything happened at 12:22 Spanish time, but at the moment it is still stopped. Until then, Laia was 26th on the stage, 12 minutes and 43 seconds behind her best time at the 330km mark.

“It’s a shame to start the Dakar like this. At 20km I lost third gear. I was going slowly and successfully saving the day. Then my navigational instruments stopped working in the dust. It’s gone.” I was able to finish the stage very calmly, but right after the stage ended, I caught a stone that I couldn’t see due to the dust and capsized. ” Laia Sanz made the claim from the scene of the accident, which was completely submerged.

“We’re trying to make amends. It’s so disappointing. It hurt so much, because we were doing so well.” A lot has happened to us today and we have been saving well but it’s very upsetting to have such bad luck when we were on track…this year. It might be a good year. “Now it’s just fighting for the finish and seeing if we can save the day and get out tomorrow.”he expressed.

In order to continue the race, Laia had to mark entry to the bivouac 11 hours after the tour started Pass the last door on the route within the first 9 hours and 50 minutes…and he did it. He arrived at the bivouac with two minutes left.. It remains to be seen whether the team will be able to repair the car and whether there will be any structural problems. The challenges seem complex.

Laia never gave up Participated in Dakar 14 times (11 times by motorcycle, 3 times by car).