The national motorcyclist suffered a serious fall and is admitted to the private clinic in Salta.
Luciano Benavides retired from Route 40 Challenge, a career of rally raid in Argentina, during its first stage. The pilot, two-time Dakar Rally motorcycle champion, suffered a serious fall and is admitted to the private clinic Los Altos de Salta.
Benavides He shared a statement on his social networks, accompanied by a video of the moment he was rescued by helicopter.
The man from Salta expressed: “It’s not the video I would like to show, but unfortunately this is where my Ruta 40 Challenge ended. Everything was going very well, focused and starting to have a good rhythm in the second half of the stage until on that straight before the curve I touched the front brake lightly and lost the bike very quickly due to the little traction.”
In addition, he detailed the accident: “I began to slide several meters until I hit the stones that can be seen on the side, which caused me to fracture a hip bone. requiring surgical intervention in the next few days to recover as quickly as possible.
Luciano Benavides’ message after the strong fall on his motorcycle
“It is not the video I would like to show, but unfortunately this is where my Ruta 40 Challenge came to. Everything was going very well, focused and starting to have a good rhythm in the second half of the stage until on that straight before the curve I lightly touched the front brake and I lost the bike very quickly due to the lack of traction, starting to slide several meters until hitting the stones that can be seen on the side and that is what caused me to break a hip bone, requiring intervention. surgery in the coming days to recover as quickly as possible,” he began in the statement.
And he concluded: “I am very sorry to be out of this race that I love so much, and that I really ran because I felt I was well enough to do it, it was not a lack of concentration error or anything strange, just things that happen in less than a second in this sport and that could have been just one more fall. I thank my entire team mainly for the work to get me here, the organization and province of Salta for rescuing me and I apologize to my family and friends that we made them suffer more than the last few weeks. account. Thank you all for the support.”
Source: Ambito
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