Second rider killed in Dakar

Alastair Moffitt

Meoni, who had been running second in the motorcycle class just nine minutes behind leader Cyril Despres, crashed his KTM around 184 kilometres into stage 11, between Atar and Kiffa in Mauritania.

A medical helicopter was scrambled to assist the two-time winner, aged 47, but after 45 minutes of treatment he was pronounced dead.