Dakar: Gioele Meoni, moving tribute to dad Fabrizio

Dakar: Gioele Meoni, moving tribute to papà Fabrizio

Good blood does not lie: Gioele Meoni, son of Fabrizio Meoni, è was the best among the Italians competing in the Dakar in the motorcycle category. The Tuscan rider finished the 2024 edition of the famous desert rally in 47th place riding his KTM. Not bad for being his first time.

On the stage in Yanbu, during the final awards ceremony, Gioele Meoni, sending a kiss to the sky, remembered moved to tears his father Fabrizio, who died 19 years ago during the 2005 Dakar after a fall during a stage in Mauritania.

His KTM 450 will be sold at a charity auction, the proceeds of which will be donated to the Fabrizio Meoni Foundation to build a school on the outskirts of Dakar in Senegal. Among the Italians, Tiziano Internò, Cesare Zacchetti and Tommaso Montanari also concluded the Dakar.

The Dakar 2024, car category, è was won by Carlos Sainz, who at 61 è became the oldest winner of the famous race: è his fourth title. In motorcycles, 32-year-old Ricky Brabec riding a Honda è came out on top.