Jag är också mycket imponerad av MC åkarna i ökensanden. Synd bara att tre hittills har omkommit i år i tävlingen, var av en var en 49 årig Mc åkare och så borde de väl döpa om tävlingen, nu när tävlingen är ennu längre och går i Sydamerika.
"The body of motorcyclist Pascal Terry, missing since Sunday, was found in dense bush between Santa Rosa and Puerto Madryn. The first-time Dakar racer was near his motorbike without his helmet, but with food and water beside him.
An autopsy revealed the 49-year-old Terry died of a pulmonary edema. Julio Acosta, the head of the Las Pampas regional police department of operations, told local news agency DyN that the abnormal level of fluid in 49-year-old Terry's lungs was brought on by a heart problem.
"There are things that cannot be explained,'' rally director Etienne Lavigne said.
The forensic report said his body showed no signs of injury or dehydration, and he would have died between nightfall on Sunday and dawn on Monday.
Terry informed race organizers on Sunday that he had run out of fuel, then told them he was continuing after receiving some fuel from another rider. But satellite tracking eventually showed his bike stopped. His emergency signal was picked up by race officials in Paris but Argentine organizers weren't notified until Monday morning, when a search was launched. Rescuers had a difficult time because of the dense terrain.
On Tuesday, the search was briefly called off after rescuers thought they spotted him. A rescue team finally reached him overnight (natten till onsdag morgon)."
Detta är det officiella utalandet från ASO i press medelande till REUTERs news service... har varit skrivit i världspress redan ett tag sedan (på NBC mm.).
Ovanstående är klippt och skuret från ett annat forum.