Thomas Bourgin (23 December 1986 – 11 January 2013) was a French

motorcycle A motorcycle (motorbike, bike; uni (if one-wheeled); trike (if three-wheeled); quad (if four-wheeled)) is a lightweight private 1-to-2 passenger personal motor vehicle Steering, steered by a Motorcycle handlebar, handlebar from a saddle-style ...

racer. He was in 68th place in the overall ranking of his first

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 (ASO). It is an off-road endurance event traversing terrain much tougher than convent ...

. Bourgin was born in Saint Etienne and had been racing since 2009, when he took part in the Morocco Rally, followed by a 4th place in the 2011 Africa Race and a 7th-place finish in the Tunisia Rally.

Death

Bourgin died in a traffic collision on 11 January 2013 as he made his way to the start of Stage 7 of the Dakar Rally. He was his way up to the Chilean side of the mountain range when he collided with a Chilean police car that was traveling in the opposite direction. .

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