Coma crashes out as Despres takes over Dakar bike lead

TWO days from the arrival in Dakar just as the rally was entering Senegal, the motorbike race was hit by another bombshell yesterday with Marc Coma’s serious crash after only 57 kilometres of the special stage.

The leader of the general rankings since the first Moroccan stage suffered a head injury after hitting a tree and was airlifted to hospital by medics.

Cyril Despres takes over as race leader.