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Dakar Rally: French rider Pierre Cherpin dies after fall in seventh stage
• 4 years agoCherpin, who was competing in his fourth Dakar Rally, was found unconscious after his crash and taken to hospital in Sakaka before he was airlifted to Jeddah.
Hero MotoSports rider CS Santosh cleared to return to India following crash but remains under observation
• 4 years agoThe 37-year-old Santosh, who was representing the two-wheeler manufacturing giant in one of the world's biggest rallies, suffered a crash last Wednesday and was airlifted to a hospital in Jeddah.
Dakar Rally: Hero MotorSports' CS Santosh put into medically-induced coma after crash
• 4 years agoThe 37-year-old Santosh, who was representing the Hero MotoSports in one of the world's biggest rallies, crashed on Wednesday and is being kept under a 24-hour observation.
CS Santosh: Year 2020 blocked my escape routes, made me more humane
Cs Santosh • 4 years agoIndia's ace off-road racer CS Santosh writes on his reflections from 2020, his preparations for Dakar 2021, and how he changed as a person.
Hero Motorsports 'excited' for 2021 Dakar Rally following win at BAJA Portalegre
• 4 years agoThe team will go to Dakar with the 2020 FIM Cross-Country BAJAs World Cup winner Sebastian Buhler, 2019 Pan Africa Rally winner Joaquim Rodrigues and ace Indian rider CS Santosh.
Dakar Rally organisers reveal 2021 route, defend decision to continue hosting event in Saudi Arabia
• 4 years agoLaunched in 1979 between Paris and the Senegalese capital Dakar the celebrated endurance challenge moved to the kingdom for the first time this year after a decade in South America, sparking angry reaction from human rights organisations.
Firstpost Masterclass: Third-degree burns to high-speed spirituality, CS Santosh explains motorsports
Shantanu Srivastava • 5 years agoWhat is off-road biking? What does a typical day at Dakar Rally look like? How to attain the perfect bike-body balance while riding at 150kmph? In this edition of Firstpost Masterclass, CS Santosh, the first Indian to complete the Dakar Rally, discusses all about high-speed motorsports.
Dakar Rally: Hero MotoSports' Portugese rider Paulo Goncalves dies after accident during seventh stage
• 5 years agoThe 40-year-old Goncalves was taking part in his 13th Dakar. He made his debut in 2006 and had finished four times in the top 10, including an impressive performance as runner-up to Marc Coma in 2015.
Dakar Rally: Hero MotoSports driver Paulo Goncalves registers third top 10 stage finish; CS Santosh finishes 32nd in 6th stage
• 5 years agoHero MotoSports Team Rally rider Paulo Goncalves continued his fine show and registered his third top 10 spot in a row by finishing stage 6 of the gruelling Dakar Rally at the eighth position.
Dakar Rally: Paulo Goncalves impresses in fourth stage for Hero MotoSports; CS Santosh finishes 44th
• 5 years agoWith this performance, Goncalves clawed back several places from his overnight position of 110th to jump to 61st place in the overall rankings.