Junior tour canceled
Five weeks after professional Mäder’s death: 17-year-old dies in a bicycle race in Austria
The red race in Austria was canceled after the incident
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A young cyclist died on the junior tour in Austria. The race has been stopped.
Just five weeks after the death of the Swiss professional Gino Mäder there was another fatal accident in cycling. After a fall on the second half-stage of the Tour of Upper Austria for juniors on Friday, a young Italian driver succumbed to his injuries during the night. The organizers announced this on Saturday on Facebook. The tour was cancelled.
“We are deeply shocked to announce that the young Italian athlete, who fell yesterday on the first stage, succumbed to his injuries despite all medical efforts,” the organizers wrote.
The 17-year-old Italian fell during the stage from Haid to Marchtrenk on the descent from Mistelbacher Berg. He was immediately treated by race doctors and then flown to the Kepler University Hospital in Linz by rescue helicopter. Because of the rescue measures, the stage was initially stopped and then canceled.
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The team of the fatally injured cyclist Campana Imballaggi Geo&Tex Trentino expressed themselves “with tears in their eyes and devastated”. The 17-year-old was an extraordinary boy, “with a future that should be written in sport and above all in life, and that hurts all the more”. The entire team was “assembled at this moment of great sadness for his family, his friends and everyone who loved him,” said the racing team. “We now have one more angel protecting us up there. You can’t imagine how much we will miss you.”
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Only five weeks ago, the Swiss girl from the professional team Bahrain-Victorious died after an accident. The 26-year-old also fell on a descent at the Tour de Suisse and suffered serious injuries from which he died in hospital.