According to his own statements, the 36-year-old missed a ledge at kilometer 55 and jumped into the opposite slope. “I noticed immediately that something in my back was giving way and then I fell. It was a stitch in the lower back area,” explained Kuchler, for whom the race is over.
The KTM rider, who received first aid from his Argentinian teammate Kevin Benavides, was flown out by helicopter. However, the man from Salzburg had to wait four hours at Khalfan airport to be transported to the Dammam hospital. According to initial reports, he is doing well given the circumstances. “I can currently move everything and feel everything, just a slightly different feeling in both legs and a slight tingling in the back area,” reported Walkner, who was ninth in the overall Dakar classification.
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