Even though he is in pain from a broken bone to continue the Dakar, he does not want to go to the doctor. “They can drag me away if they want. My parents didn’t raise me to be a coward.”

“Obviously the elephant in the room was a broken collarbone.” he said, using an Australian idiom. with her, daniel sanders That meant his fractures were more obvious than a large animal in a small room. He didn’t need to take a test to confirm what he already knew. I didn’t even want to do it.

The doctors of dakar They could not force him to do so. But he knew that if he went to see them, they could remove him from the race if they deemed him a danger to other runners. These are the rules for motorcycles in Dakar. But without the medical exam, I was able to continue. He chose that option.

The reigning Dakar champion did not want to go to the race organization’s doctor to have his collarbone fracture and sternum injury checked after suffering a hard fall on stage 10. he wanted to continue. I’ve lost everything Options to win in the Dakar general classification, Even to get on the podiumbecause he knew he would have to suffer on stage 11 and lose time on the bike. But he didn’t care.

In his situation, everyone would have understood if he had decided to quit. But that was not an option for the “Australians”. So after a night in pain, he was preparing for a hard day of driving over difficult rocky terrain to continue the race. He wants to compete in the final three stages of the event and made that clear before starting this Thursday’s special.

“We’ll do our best to survive. Let’s just sell and do what we can to survive these three days.”but yes, obviously we are disappointed in this, and it will be difficult to fight for victory now, very difficult, but yes, It’s practically over, but I’m going to do my best and try to get the best possible final position.”Dakar said in a video published on social networks.

“And yes, it’s going to be difficult, it’s going to be a tough road, but we’re ready to move forward. We survived yesterday, including 150km in the dunes, so if we can get through yesterday, we’re looking forward to the finish line in three days.” he said.

“We just try our best to survive.”

daniel sanders

In front of me this Thursday, 346 km of special roads and a further 536 km of road connections Until then Al-Hinakiyah. What surprised me most was that I was able to finish in 13th place despite enduring severe pain. Best of the day 10 minutes 28 secondsto maintain fourth place overall at 23’32” with an 11-minute margin over Skyler Howes. His goal? To maintain that fourth place. But it won’t be easy.

face of pain

Upon arriving at the camp, Dakar took one of his photos. When team doctors checked his bandages after the special game, Daniel Sanders looked in great pain.

But despite everything, he wants to resist. He had already made his intentions clear the day before it all happened.

“I wanted to keep going, but if I had stopped today, I wouldn’t have finished.”he said after the fall. ”we won’t give up. I’m not giving up at this point because mom and dad didn’t raise me a coward. I’m not going to quit until someone tells me to stop or pulls me out of the race. ”he added on Wednesday.

“I can’t lift my arms so I grab onto the handlebars, but it feels like the bones are digging into my skin and it’s uncomfortable.”

daniel sanders

“I can’t lift my arms so I hold on to the handlebars, but I can feel the bones digging into my skin, which doesn’t feel good. It hurts a lot, but it makes me stronger.”said.

Saunders is another example of the inhuman resistance of motorcycle riders to cheating, able to continue accelerating at 170km/h across a dangerous desert and keep bouncing despite sustaining broken bones. João Barreda has already heroically done it several times over the past decade. Or, without further ado, Daniel’s teammate at KTM, Luciano Benavidez, is battling for victory this year with several broken knees and a shoulder injury. can’t believe it.