Etienne Lavigne Quotes (5 Quotes)

We sent a helicopter when he fell and they found his heart had stopped. Sadly, they were unable to revive him.

The 2007 Dakar will definitely go ahead. But we will do everything in our power to prevent these sorts of accidents happening again.

It is very variable. There are years with and there are years without.

The death of spectators is extremely painful and in those areas where a lot of work has been done to cut out the risks. Accidents on the course are different. The people sum up the dangers. They are (voluntarily) involved in a sport full of risks and therefore they know the risks they are taking.

It's been a dozen years since we have had a child death on the race. We have taken a lot of measures to improve security, we send out vehicles at the start of the stages and we are always sending out information but an accident is always possible on this type of terrain.