Notes:
A few kilometers after the start of the 13th stage of the 1988 Rallye Paris-Alger-Dakar, Tombouctou-Bamako in territory of Mali, on Sunday, 17 January of that year, French rider Jean-Claude Huger lost control of his BMW RT100 near the small village of Nampala, and fell, blinking his head against a rock. He sustained cranial trauma and lapsed into a coma.

During the same evening Huger was airlifted to a clinic in Paris, France, where two days later he succumbed to his injuries, whitout regaining consciousness, on Tuesday, 19 January 1988.

At his second start in the Dakar Rally, Jean-Claude Huger had just finished the previous stage in Tombouctou, in 18th place in the motorcycle class. He was a Gendarmerie Nationale "motard" and had been several times a member of the escort for the President of the Republic of France.

The 10th running of the Dakar Rally event, held in 1988 proved to be one of the worst in history, the toll being seven people killed during the stages. Jean-Claude Huger was the only motorcycle rider, the other deceased persons were two competitors and four spectators. Belgian rider André Malherbe fell near Tamanrasset, Algeria, suffering severe injuries that would have left him paralyzed. PanAfrican news agency, representing the Dakar Rally organizers publicly stated that the four spectator deaths were “insignificant for the organizers”, attracting immense criticism from the Vatican.

The course of the 1988 Rallye Paris-Alger-Dakar was: Paris Courdimanche - Alger - El Oued - Hassi Messaoud - Bordj Omar Driss - Tamanrasset - Djanet - Djado - Arlit - Agadez - Niamey - Kidal - Tessalit - Lemjebir - Tombouctou - Bamako - Kayes - Moudjeria - Nouakchott - Richard Toll - Dakar, passing from France through Algeria, Niger, Mali, Mauritanie and Senegal. Finnish crew Juha Kankkunen-Juha Piironen in a Peugeot won the cars competition; the Italian Edi Orioli won his first motorcycle race on a Honda NXR; a Tatra team from Czechoslovakia Karel Loprais-Radomir Stachura-Ing Muck won the truck class.

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• Magazine Rombo, issue of 26 January 1988.
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• Newspaper The Sydney Morning Herald (Sydney, NSW, Australia), issue of 20 January 1988, page 55, article "Child Death And Kidnap Add To The Dakar Disaster", retrieved by website https://www.newspapers.com/image/121480190/ .
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