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I'm sure they'd be happy to help said rider with parts and support if they kept one of their guys going.
Stoked that Shorty helped Price, although I must admit I'm a wee bit curious what Rockstar thinks about him helping a Red Bull rider...lol. The term "teammate" has all sorts of angles to it...:-).
But Im a turd in Michigan racing enduros. What the hell do I know? haha
GO T-Bone!
https://dirtbikemagazine.com/hondas-factory-dakar-bike-the-wrap/
Quite drool-worthy!!! I've got my fingers crossed that Brabec's bike makes it to the end...
I believe it was a rear wheel and some items on the nav tower, while they are 1 off bikes there a plenty of consumer available items on them. While the guy is not a factory rider they are more than an avergae joe i guess, as theyve raced a few rallys to qualify for dakar.
I can promise you 30k is nothing, it is the bare minimum a team could do after ending your race and helping their contenders stay in the race. For most guys it is closer to 80k minimum to do dakar when you add in bike rental, support and entries.
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Bloody terrible news. He was a gun
Going malle moto could be a big cost saver, but i think that decreases the chance of actually finishing by a lot.
I'm noticing a pretty big decrease in Dutch riders attending the Dakar the last couple of years. I guess mainly because of the enormous cost involved. In the past there were also more cars attending, most cars with Dutch racers are from (very) wealthy business man.... think you need something like €300.000 to attend with a car and some support/spareparts etc.
Such sad, sad news.
Here he is from earlier last week, changing engines in the Desert:
https://youtu.be/dFydwzLowsY
He'd done Rally for many years, and was a Highly respected, Highly accomplished rider, and, was very, Very popular within the Bivouac, and the MC World in general.
When people would go on a about Laia's physical 'disadvantages', and then you'd see her and him (and others in the Honda Team at those times), with her, usually the Tallest of them all (she's a Big, Strong, Talented Lady) , with Gonks' head at about chest height on her, it would crack me up a bit.
Vale, Paulo 'Gonk' Goncalves.
In other news, Toby Price lost about 1 hour and 20 minutes today and still has to cross the finish. So either there's a mistake with the live timing or Toby is out for the win. Joan Barreda took the stage win.
Update: I just read Toby was the first guy to be with Paulo to help. So he will probably get the time back after the stage.
Even if Toby gets his time back, I wouldn't expect him to push it after having to deal with that
I have such a love/hate relationship with this sport. Days like this are just deflating. So sorry for his family....hope all the other riders stay safe...😥
I remember Andrew Short said he asked one of the guys why AS was falling so far behind and the guy told Andrew that he values his life too much. These rally guys are savages.
Bummer about Goncalves.
RIP Gonk...a true rally legend.
Tomorrow's stage has been cancelled for the Bikes & Quads.
Pit Row
They truly are cut from a different cloth.
He was clearly a great man, the video of him swapping his own motor in the middle of the desert on Stage 3 this year was beyond inspirational.
"Never give up" he said.
Heart of a lion.
They were not related.
They were friends and competitors for many years in motocross and supercross in Portugal.
This photo is from MXON 2001, where Paulo, Rui and Joaquim Rodrigues (J-Rod) and Paulo's current brother-in-law got the best ever Portuguese motocross result with eighth place.
Later in 2005, the same team again reached eighth position.
Today is a sad day for me and my country, as the greatest ambassador of motorcycling in Portugal died, who, besides being a huge rider, was undoubtedly a great man with the heart of the size of the world.
Rest in peace Paulo!
A great rider, and you just don't think it will happen to the guys that are this experienced, but unfortunately it does, and little more often than we would like.
Without getting too deep, I do believe we are all here to learn predetermined lessons and grow, and the collective intelligence is raised by doing so.
The world is better off because Paulo was in it. He is forever weaved into the fabric of this universe.
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