Double MotoGP race winner Danilo Petrucci's dream of a top finish on his Dakar debut ended with a technical issue on Monday's second stage. It was an especially disappointing blow for the Italian given he had been setting a very competitive pace up until that point, following a solid 13th on Sunday's first proper stage (1B) after the short (1A) Prologue on January 1. “It was exciting until the technical issue because I was fighting for the top five - I think I was in third position at that moment - and I was having a lot of fun because the route was very fast!" Petrucci posted on social media after his Stage 2 issue. "I had caught two of the riders in front of me, pushing...
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