Belgian rider killed in Dakar

Eric Palante

A motorcycle rider was killed when he joined the Belgian competition of this year's Dakar Rally, organizers announced on Friday.

Eric Palante, 50, who competes for the Honda team, was killed on the fifth stage between Chilecito and Tucuman in Argentina.

Palante a third person who died in the grueling rally on Thursday after two members of the Argentine media team also killed when their car plunged into a ravine.

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