All over for Zongshen in thde Dakar 2017

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With 5 riders on Zongshan motorbikes starting on the start line for the Dakar 2017.

Riders.

1. Z. Hongyi (CHN)
2. Z.Min (CHN)
3. W.Jobard (FRA)
4. J.Hsien Chi (TWN)
5. T. Bethys (FRA)

A great challenge lay ahead for the team from Zongshen.

1st stage ....


78 for Bethys.
113 for Chi
131 for Hongyi
133 for Min
135 for Jobard

From a start line off 143?

Not bad for the first stage

Sadly only Bethys made it to the end of stage 2

116 for Bethys.

Stage 3

107 for Bethys but 8 hours 30 mins behind the leaders.

Stage 4

Thierry Bethys was the last representative of the Chinese constructor Zongshen, which is participating in its first Dakar. However, the brand’s debut hopes went up in smoke, because the Frenchman, who completed his first five Dakars, could do nothing but drop out of the race after his machine caught fire and burned on the fourth stage.

So the end results is all owners of Zonshen engines need to add 1 more to the list of possible faults "FIRE"