Das ist wieder eine Geschichte der DAKAR
Da hat Annie Seel nochmal viel Glück gehabt, ist nicht viel passiert.
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Stage 8. Drama in the tomb.
2010/01/10
Antofagasta-Copiapo, special 472km
Stage position 86, 09:45:43 (+04:16:18). Total 50.
Saved from above.
“At km 131 the track split around some ruins, and joined again after. To avoid dust I cut from right track over to the left, across a small rise. Behind the rise a 5m deep tomb opened, 2×3 wide. I rode too slow to jump and too fast to stop. Put the breakes on, slided bike to the left and abandoned ship. Instinctively I managed to jump to the left edge while bike tumbled down with the engine still running. I am lucky not to go down there cause the walls were impossible to climb.”
After getting back on her feet, a little shaken, Annie realized the bad situation. She stopped some riders to call for help.
Annie's bike in a tomb
“A helicopter came and I climbed down with a thin rope to check the bike, it was okay. We tried to pull the bike, but no way. They said I must wait for the organisation truck to come and help. It took a while but then Mr Etienne Lavigne, race director, arrived in a helicopter instead! Like a true hero he climbed down with a rope, tied my bike with the real tie roses, and instructed the pilot how to lift it. Now I could continue the race, saved by the angel from above. Getting help from Etienne himself made me feel much better in that awful situation. Only suffering from painful swollen hand and aching foot.”
Why and how did this happen? There was no mark of this hole in the roadbook! That’s Dakar…
