The brutal accident of the brilliant bricklayer Arnau Jed in Dakar: “Suddenly I couldn’t see anything and I realized that I was flying through the air until I hit the ground.”

he Dakar 2026 Everyone continues to work hard, and serious accidents continue to occur day after day, both in cars and on motorcycles. And without a doubt, one of the most spectacular was performed by Arnau Jed on the 10th stage of the Dakar, when he jumped off his bike a few meters after being surprised by a small sand dune he had missed while rolling through the floating dust of another bike he had just passed.

The Taradel driver fulfilled his dream of making his Dakar debut after several years working alongside his father as a bricklayer. We are making small renovations. Thanks to Patreon, he was able to focus on his dreams in 2025. He stopped working with his father to train and compete on motorcycles. His goal was to reach the Dakar, shine, and attract the attention of projects and big brands so that he could leave the construction site and concentrate on motorcycling and rally raiding professionally in the long term.

Arnau was 19th overall.he was very stable and overcame all the challenges I gave him in Dakar, driving with his head. There were stages where he could have pushed harder, but he preferred to keep his feet on the ground and make steady progress. However, in stage 10 with only 4 days left, dakar He was at his worst during the extremely tough 10th stage with its soft sand dunes. He had an accident, damaged the calcaneus of his left ankle, and had to return home in tears. he hugged david castellawho went 600 meters from the start of the special.

“600 meters from the exit there were many cut sand dunes, a lot of dust floating around, and this dust made me feel unsafe. I turned off the gas, and suddenly when I turned off the gas, I could not see anything. Before I knew it, I was flying through the air, and the impact of the impact on the ground broke my leg. I bounced on the ground and rolled on the ground.” Express.

He could not continue because of the pain

Arnau wanted to get up and continue, but the pain prevented him.

“I tried to stand up and realized I couldn’t put my legs down. I tried twice. I told the doctors: “Bandage your leg and continue.” And I couldn’t. But I’ll be back. We leave this Dakar happy. Because we fought for this Dakar, we didn’t take any more risks than we had to, we did things well, so I’m going to leave with a thorn in my side, but on the other hand I’m happy with the result. ”

Arnau will take a medical flight to Jeddah this Thursday before boarding a flight to Barcelona and returning home, where he will begin his recovery. “We’ll be back.”said a young Catalan man.