Double MotoGP race winner Petrucci became the first rider in history to win a stage of the famous Dakar having also competed in the premier class of grand prix racing.
Petrucci finished the shortened stage five – which was ended early for the bikes due to the medical helicopter being mobilised – second, but winner Toby Price was hit was a six-minute penalty.
This promoted Tech3 KTM rider Petrucci to first on the stage, marking his first official stage win in his first Dakar appearance. But his day was almost ended when he was forced into avoiding action of a camel as he navigated the Saudi Arabian desert and crashed – though he walked away unscathed.
Petrucci also revealed he had issues keeping his trousers up while he was riding, and hurt the ankle he broke during training before the event late on in stage five.
“I was so, so lucky to not get injured really in the first crash,” Petrucci said in his Instagram live on Thursday night. “I wanted to kill that camel that I…
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