21/06/2025
🔴 Sidste opdatering herfra
Det her er en af de beskeder, man aldrig håber at skulle skrive.
Men i dag blev alt vendt på hovedet – og eventyret slutter her.
Vi er desværre nødt til at meddele, at Team Domingo trækker sig fra RAAM 2025.
Det sker ikke på grund af trætte ben eller manglende vilje – Jonas var stærk og på vej mod målet. Men vi har været involveret i en alvorlig ulykke, hvor vores følgebil blev ramt hårdt bagfra på motorvejen. Bilen er totalskadet.
Det vigtigste: alle er fysisk okay.
Men vi er rystede – både Jonas og hele crewet.
Vi vil gerne understrege én ting:
Havde bilen ikke været bag Jonas i det øjeblik, var det ham, der var blevet ramt.
Vores crew reagerede lynhurtigt og gjorde præcis det, de skulle – og det redder muligvis liv.
Det er umuligt ikke at tænke på den tragedie, som tidligere har ramt den danske RAAM-deltager Anders Tesgaard, der omkom i en lignende situation – blot uden en bil bag sig til at tage stødet.
Det er en kraftig påmindelse om, at selv i dagslys, med alle forholdsregler, er sikkerheden for rytterne stadig langt fra god nok. Det bør ændre sig. Det skal ændre sig.
Vi havde drømt om at rulle i mål i Atlantic City.
Men det vigtigste mål er, at alle kommer sikkert hjem – og den beslutning er vi ikke i tvivl om.
Tak til jer alle, der har fulgt med, heppet, delt og skrevet.
Vi har mærket støtten hele vejen – og vi håber, at den også rækker ind i det her øjeblik.
Vi er stolte af, hvad Jonas har præsteret.
Vi er taknemmelige for vores fantastiske crew.
Og vi er taknemmelige for, at vi alle står her – sammen.
❤️
– Team Domingo
English below.
🔴 Final update from us
This is one of those messages we never thought we’d have to write.
But today, everything changed – and the adventure ends here.
We’re deeply sorry to announce that Team Domingo is officially withdrawing from RAAM 2025.
Not because of tired legs or lost motivation – Jonas was strong and pushing on toward the finish. But earlier today, we were involved in a serious accident where our support vehicle was hit hard from behind on the highway. The car is totaled.
The most important news: everyone involved is physically okay.
But we are all shaken – both Jonas and the crew.
And here’s the part we can’t say loud enough:
If the car hadn’t been behind Jonas at that moment, it would’ve been him who got hit.
Our crew acted fast and did exactly what they were trained to do – and that may have saved a life today.
It’s impossible not to think of Anders Tesgaard, the Danish RAAM rider who tragically lost his life in a similar situation years ago – except he didn’t have a car behind him. We did. That made all the difference.
This is a call to action: rider safety needs to be taken even more seriously, also during daylight hours. It’s just as dangerous out there as it is at night – and something has to change.
We dreamed of reaching Atlantic City.
But the most important finish line is the one that brings everyone home safely – and we have no doubt that this was the right decision.
To everyone who followed along, cheered, and supported us – thank you from the bottom of our hearts.
We’ve felt your presence every mile of the way, and we hope you’re with us now, too.
We are proud of what Jonas has accomplished.
We are endlessly grateful to our incredible crew.
And we are thankful that we’re all still here – together.
❤️
– Team Domingo
