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Italian Meoni Dies in Dakar Rally

2005-1-11 21:12:33 CRIENGLISH.com

Italian motorcyclist Fabrizio Meoni died of a heart attack on Tuesday after crashing during stage 11 of the Dakar rally.

Meoni, who won the rally in 2001 and 2002, said this race would be his last. He was second in the motorcycle standings after the 10th stage.

Race director Etienne Lavigne said the 47-year-old was treated for 45 minutes at the scene of the crash, a third of the way through the 685-km stage between Atar in Mauritania and Mali's Kiffa.

On Monday, Jose Manuel Perez of Spain, who fell during a stage in Mauritania last week, died in a Spanish hospital.

(Source: xinhua)

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