India, Jan. 14 -- The 2019 Dakar Rally is past its halfway mark and the sixth stage, which ran between Arequipa and San Juan de Marcona turned out to be a dismal affair for team Sherco-TVS as Lorenzo Santolino bit the dust after suffering a massive crash just 33km into the stage. The Sherco-TVS rookie had to be airlifted to Lima. However, medics later announced that his condition was stable.
Santolino had been performing exceptionally well during his Dakar debut as he had set the third fastest time in stage 5 and had ended the stage placed 11th overall. Out of the two Metge brothers - Adrien and Michael - the former had a day to forget as he ended the day on 71st which sent his overall position to 33rd. Michael managed to do better as he e...