A. Gelažninkis will remember this Dakar Day for a long time: “About 8 min. CS Santos did not recover, we thought everything was dead “



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“It just came to our knowledge then. After leaving the refueling zone, I found my friend CS Santosha in blood and my class leader gave him a heart massage. About 8 minutes he did not recover, we thought that was it, he died. But soon she began to breathe, I held her head, waited for the helicopter to arrive, and kept going.

It was very difficult to drive because there was no way I could focus and think about driving. All thoughts were there. Then we already thought in his mind that he was already dead. It was a long day and the judges should make up for some of the time we helped, ”said A. Gelažninkas in bivake.

VIDEO: A. Gelažninkas on one of the scariest days: “We thought he was already dead”


“Where Santosha fell, there was a very protruding cave and it was not marked, on the side of the track, but everyone was driving there. The leader of our class also fell there, but he continued the competition because he did not hurt himself, he only broke the motorcycle”, said A. Gelažninkas.

“So I agreed with 33 no. marked motorcyclist. He had also fallen at the scene, smashed the motorcycle’s rear fuel tanks and said he had not finished the Dakar last year and is looking forward to it this year. He assured me that if he was in a hurry, maybe he wouldn’t wait, but I stopped, pumped gas on him to get him to the finish line. It is necessary to help a person fulfill a dream, “- smiled A.Gelažninkas.

VIDEO: See: A.Gelažninkas’s impressions of the fourth gear section


In the fourth speed section, the Lithuanian took 3 hours. 32 min. 40 sec. The leader in the motorcycle class was given 45 min. 50 sec. On a preliminary basis, it ranks 42nd in this section, which will change after the judges take time out. In the singles class – 5. It was awarded 14 minutes of the winner of the class “Original by motul”. 54 sec. According to preliminary data, A. Gelažninkas ranked second in the singles class.



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