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In the fourth speed section, the participants had to cover the longest route so far: a total of 813 km, of which 337 km were the speed section.
The organizers reported that in this section of fairly fast speed, 65 percent. it was sand, 31 percent. – soil and 4%. – stones.
Motorcyclist Arūnas Gelažninkas (Zigmas Dakar Team, KTM 450 Rally Replica) lost the most time in this speed section between points WP3 and WP4, between which 17 minutes were spent more than the leader took. However, A.Gelažninkas had no major problems later and finished 43rd (+00: 45: 50).
After this speed section, A. Gelažninkas spoke about a rock killer, who forced many motorcyclists to turn and damage his vehicle, and one of the participants even found himself on the brink of death.
“It just came to our notice then. After the resupply area, I found a damn friend of mine, Santos, whom my class leader, Mauriio Gerini, was doing a heart massage. For about eight minutes he didn’t recover and we thought all He was finished, but then he started to breathe. I held my head, took a helicopter and kept going. It was very difficult to ride because there was no way to concentrate, all thoughts were with him. In our minds we really thought he was dead … Literally a long day. It should make up for some time, “said A. Gelažninkas.
A.Gelažninkas also recounted how he helped one of the participants complete this speed section and prolong the search for his dream. “Where Santosha fell, there was such a rock rising up that it was not marked in the road book because it was as if it was a little to the side. There was also the leader of our class (M.Gerini), who broke the motorcycle, but was able to continue the race.
Later I met a ship, Harith Noah Koith Veettila, who had also fallen and broken a motorcycle and rear tanks at that location. He said that he did not finish the Dakar last year and is very eager to finish this year, but said that if it is very urgent, I can’t wait. I stopped anyway, gave gasoline to reach the goal and fulfill my dream. Today, the day is really like this … “, said A.Gelažninkas.
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