Edwin Straver (12 April 1971 – 24 January 2020) was a Dutch motorcycle racer.

Career

Straver was particularly known for his participation in the

Dakar Rally The Dakar Rally (or simply "The Dakar"; formerly known as the "Paris–Dakar Rally") is an annual rally raid organised by the Amaury Sport Organisation. Most events since the inception in 1978 were staged from Paris, France, to Dakar, Senegal ...

. He participated in

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and

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. In 2019 he won the classification in the class in which the driver himself must do all the maintenance on the engine; the so-called "Original by Motul". On 16 January, during the eleventh stage of the Dakar 2020 rally in

Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a country in Western Asia. It covers the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and has a land area of about , making it the List of Asian countries by area, fifth-largest country in Asia ...

, Straver crashed his motorcycle. He was resuscitated on site and then taken to a hospital in

Riyadh Riyadh (, ar, الرياض, 'ar-Riyāḍ, Literal translation, lit.: 'The Gardens' Najdi Arabic, Najdi pronunciation: ), formerly known as Hajr al-Yamamah, is the capital and largest city of Saudi Arabia. It is also the capital of the Riyad ...

. It was found here that one of his upper cervical vertebrae was broken. On 22 January, he was transferred to the Netherlands, where he died two days later. He was the son of five-time Dutch road racing champion for motorcycles Anton Straver.Motorcoureur Edwin Straver uit Rijswijk overleden, week na zware crash in Dakar Rally
– www.bd.nl, 24 januari 2020

References

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