Dakar
Dakar
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The fifth edition of the Dakar in Saudi Arabia promises to push man and machine harder than any of the previous ones.
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00:00 (dramatic music)
00:02 - To do the Dakar will be super challenging.
00:12 It'll be tough, but it'll be the dream.
00:15 And that's the most important thing.
00:17 I believe that starting on the podium
00:23 will remind me of his podium.
00:25 So...
00:27 (dramatic music)
00:30 (motorcycle engine roaring)
00:39 (speaking in foreign language)
00:44 - At Christmas of 1994,
00:45 when I was three,
00:48 a bike came with Father Christmas as a present.
00:52 (speaking in foreign language)
00:57 When I was a child,
00:58 I remember that my friends and the other school pupils
01:01 were astonished when they knew that I had a bike.
01:05 But for me, it was normal,
01:07 because when I was born,
01:09 my father was already doing rallies.
01:12 He wasn't yet a professional,
01:15 but there were always bikes in his office.
01:18 For me, it was normal.
01:19 (speaking in foreign language)
01:23 (dramatic music)
01:26 That was on the podium of the La Croze.
01:33 It was the finish of the 2001 Dakar.
01:37 I was at the bottom of the podium,
01:43 and my mom wanted me to go on it,
01:45 so I could be with my father.
01:49 It was a big emotion.
01:52 I remember all the people,
01:54 and he was very emotional.
01:56 He would tell me to do what I really wanted.
02:03 I shouldn't do anything to try and imitate him.
02:07 He'd say, "When you'll be 18, I'll be retired.
02:10 "I'll no longer be competing,
02:12 "and maybe we can do the Dakar together, father and son."
02:16 So he gave me that desire,
02:18 that dream that he too had.
02:22 (speaking in foreign language)
02:27 - We got the news of the death of Fabrizio Meoni
02:30 this morning after a crash.
02:33 Despite the efforts of the doctors,
02:35 we couldn't do anything.
02:37 So Fabrizio left us this morning.
02:39 (dramatic music)
02:42 (car engine rumbling)
02:45 (speaking in foreign language)
03:02 - I want to do it.
03:03 I had to convince all the people around me.
03:06 To convince my mother and my wife,
03:09 I told them that I wouldn't look at the standings.
03:12 I'll only want to finish.
03:14 I want to have fun.
03:15 I want to ride the bike for fun without taking risks.
03:18 And actually, the philosophy that suits me
03:23 is original by Mottul.
03:25 To do the Dakar like the one I had planned with my father.
03:33 When I wanted to do it with him,
03:35 the idea was doing it like friends, father-son,
03:37 without a mechanic, without anything.
03:40 (dramatic music)
03:42 Of course, having this name makes things easier.
03:47 If I didn't carry this name,
03:48 I probably wouldn't have all the sponsors I have.
03:51 Of all the sponsors that I have,
03:52 most of them were the sponsors of Fabrizio.
03:55 But on the other hand,
03:58 the journalists or those following the rally
04:00 will hope to see my name in the best part of the standings.
04:04 (speaking in foreign language)
04:08 My name is Gioele Meoni, not Fabrizio.
04:13 He was a top rider and I just tried to do my maximum,
04:17 but not to get the result that he would get.
04:19 You won't see a Meoni in the top three of the standings.
04:25 That's for sure.
04:26 (dramatic music)
04:28 (dramatic music)
04:32 (dramatic music)
04:35 (whooshing)
04:37 [BLANK_AUDIO]