Dakar - Australian Rider Andy Caldecott Dies
Written by: Cassio Cortes
Kiffa, Mauritania – 1/9/2006
Caldecott, 41, was making his third Dakar start. He had won SS3 in Morocco last week. (DPPI photo)
The organizers of the 28th edition of the Dakar rally have confirmed the death of Australian Andy Caldecott, rider of the No.10 KTM motorcycle.
Caldecott, 41, suffered a heavy crash midway through this Monday’s SS9, between Nouakchott and Kiffa in Mauritania. A helicopter was sent to Caldecott’s rescue shortly after the event’s organizers found out about the incident, but the doctors arrived in time only to note the death of the biker.
It was Caldecott’s third Dakar start. His best result came last year, when he finished sixth. He was running 10th overall this year.
The Australian became the third motorcycle fatality in the past two editions of the event. In 2005, former winner Fabrizio Meoni (Italy) and Jose Manuel Perez (Spain) suffered deadly accidents.
Andy Caldecott, his wife Tracy and daugter Caitlin.
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