Dakar 2018: TVS Sherco's Aravind KP Crashes Out In The 5th Stage

Sherco TVS Rally Team's rider Aravind Prabhakar KP has crashed out of the Dakar Rally 2018. We have learnt that he has broken an ankle and has been taken to the hospital and is doing okay. Stage 4 of the 2018 Dakar Rally was anything but easy as participants struggled with maintaining pace against hidden waypoints and tricky terrain as part of the 330 km special stage around San Juan De Marcona in Peru. Indian riders Aravind KP and CS Santosh showed progress but the former struggled to maintain pace and completed the stage in 44th position. It's still good news for his team mate though, as the 40-year old Juan Pedrero Garcia was placed 15th overall in the race after the completion of Stage 5.

The only other Indian company participating at Dakar is the Hero Motorsports Rally Team and Oriol Mena delivered his best stage of the Dakar coming in 11th in Stage 5 and reaching an overall standing of 21 after five stages. His teammate CS Santosh has managed to keep himself steady with a 52nd position and an overall standing of 53 after five stages.

The 5th stage kicked off from San Juan De Marcona to move to Arequipa which was the rally's last stop in Peru. The rally now moves into Bolivia.