In the Paris-Dakar race, when competitors disappeared or when people died in crashes, it was incredible, but in the end it was too much. Every year when we started we knew there would be at least one tragedy. That was too much. In my mind, as an organizer, my first concern is safety. I don't think competitors have to risk being killed.
People go there because they want to know different things, because they have a big life appetite.
A race organizer must be very professional and very reasonable and he must do everything to avoid a disaster. Yes, I do think so. That was not at all the spirit I wanted to give the Raid Gauloises. Adventure doesn't mean danger. A good adventurer is a living adventurer.