Joan Barreda’s dream is over. He is clear that the Dakar owes him at least one. He had a very unlucky few years, when very well placed to achieve success, mechanical problems with his bike prevented him from success. The Dakar is very cruel to the active driver with the most Dakar wins (29, just 4 behind the record set by Peterhansel and Després). Apparently this course could be Joan’s. He rode smart, positioned 7’21” from the head, with all the options in the world. He had to attack. Stage 9 was a favorable day for it. One of his good times. But it all ended: Joan Barreda crashed he at kilometer 16 of stage 9 of the Dakar 2023 and was evacuated to the hospital. All the efforts and suffering these days, like all the illusions that he had succeeded, were cut off in an instant.
The Torreblanca rider, who attended this year without the colors of the official Honda structure, although with the full support of the tuning company, was transferred to the hospital in Riyadh with severe back pain. It will be remembered that Joan had already experienced a severe fall when she got off her motorcycle by speeding up the ears on a dune just two days ago, on stage 8. After that, she said that her back hurt a bit, apart from her finger fat left leg, which was broken in the second special.
We have to wait to find out more information about the state of the Spanish pilot, who at 39 years old, told MD before starting the rally that this would definitely be his last Dakar. He wanted to say goodbye to the coveted victory that had been denied him several times. Dakar again showed him his cruelest face.
Source: La Verdad
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