US EditionPresenter Jesús Calleja Suffers a Heavy Accident in the Fifth Stage of the Dakar
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Jesus Calleja and Edu Blanco were forced to abandon after being the victim of a spectacular barrel.
Jesús Calleja, a well-known adventurer and presenter, has been forced to give up his participation in the Dakar Rally 2026 after suffering a heavy accident during the double marathon that ended this Thursday with the fifth stage in Hail, after 371 kilometers of special. Continue reading...
To a particularly complicated day for many of the Spanish riders, for various sanctions and penalties and technical problems, joined the worst day for Jesús Calleja and Edu Blanco , who starred in a spectacular accident while circulating in stage 5. Although it has not had serious consequences for either of them, their Dakar ends here, since their car, which took a bell turn forward, was unusable to continue the competition.
The accident occurred after kilometre 200 of the stage, in an area of high speed and low visibility due to raised dust
Jesús Calleja has suffered a heavy accident at the Dakar rally, during the second day of the marathon stage, with his car turning over to himself after entering a dune too fast. Fortunately, the organization has reported that both he and his co-driver, Edu Blanco, are well. After the accident, fortunately it did not take long to get assistance to see the condition of both pilots. Shortly after, Calleja and Blanco have been taken to perform a med…
The Leonese, who is well, denounces in MARCA that he could not see the danger due to the dust of another car that was rolling ahead
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