Carlos Sainz stops his evacuation by helicopter and asks him to turn around to continue the race

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The Spanish

, who overturned with his car at kilometer 5 of the ninth special of

, has asked the helicopter that was taking him to the

(Saudi Arabia) to turn around to try to resume the Dakar Rally, informed the organization of the raid.

The car landed on its nose behind a dune and flipped over and, although it was initially reported that both Sainz and his co-driver,

, were fine, the organizers later specified that the driver had pain in the area of ​​the chest.

The

that the man from Madrid drives, which they managed to turn around, came out badly from the maneuver, but the triple Dakar champion intended to wait for his assistance to arrive to try to resume the race.

However, Sainz, according to the organization in a new update on the pilot, "gave up continuing in the race" due to his illness and was evacuated by helicopter to the Riyadh hospital to undergo medical tests.

Situation that took a turn again moments later, since the organizers confirmed that the Audi wanted to

and, with that objective, asked "the medicalized helicopter that was taking him to the hospital to turn around and take him back to your vehicle."

The Spaniard, who is already ruled out for the Dakar classification, won the first stage of the rally and became leader for two days, before various misfortunes prevented him from fighting for the general.

Barreda abandons the Dakar

In motorcycles, the Spanish

has suffered a fall and has been evacuated to the hospital in Riyadh, in Saudi Arabia, due to severe back pain, the organization of the raid reported.

Joan Barreda during a stage of the Dakar. FRANCK FIFEAFP

The man from

had an accident at kilometer 16 of the special, before the first time control point.

Barreda, who had to be transferred to the hospital after the accident, thus says goodbye to his chances of winning this edition of the Dakar rally.

The Spaniard took victory in the fourth stage of the raid despite running with a fracture of the first phalanx of his left foot, an injury that occurred in the early days of the rally.

In the general classification, after the first eight stages, Barreda was eighth (best Spaniard) at 7:21 behind the leader, the American

.

With 30 victories in his thirteen participations in the Dakar, 'Bang Bang' is the active motorcycle rider with the most wins, three behind the record reached by the Frenchmen

and

.

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