Zoom Xu Lang.

This morning, at 12:09 a.m. local time (8:09 a.m. FT – 6:09 a.m. GMT), at km 120 of special stage n°6 of the Transoriental Rally, between Qaratubak and Torgai, an accident occurred involving French motorcyclist Philippe Tonin, a native of Nyons (on Ktm, Team JNCO-Loctite, number 42) and truck 401 of the Team Kamaz (Vladimir Chagin, Eduard Nikolaev, Sergey Sovostin).

The Transoriental organisation is saddened to report the death of Philippe Tonin, despite the efforts of the medical teams that arrived on site a few minutes after the accident.

The race organisers and all of its competitors are in shock and extend their sincere condolences to the family and friends of Philippe Tonin.

The body has been transported by helicopter from the accident site to Arkalik and by plane to the hospital of Astana in Kazakhstan.

This sad day for the Transoriental Rally has additionally and unfortunately been marked by the announcement of the death of Xu Lang. The Chinese racer was declared dead this morning after the injuries that he sustained yesterday while attempting to extricate another competitor's vehicle. The entire Transoriental organisation extends its sincere condolences to the family and friends of Xu Lang.

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