Fatal fall at Tour de Suisse
Radwelt mourns Gino Mäder: “Today we all cry”
Gino Mäder succumbed to his injuries after a serious fall at the Tour de Suisse
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The fatal fall of Swiss cyclist Gino Mäder at the Tour de Suisse has shocked and saddened the cycling world. The sixth stage of the race was canceled. A memorial trip is planned for the 26-year-old.
After the fatal fall of Gino Mäder at the Tour de Suisse, the cycling world mourns the Swiss. “I can’t believe what I’m reading here. What a sad, sad day,” wrote British professional Geraint Thomas on Twitter. The cycling superstars Tadej Pogacar from Slovenia and the Belgian Wout van Aert also expressed their condolences on social networks.
“We are devastated by the loss of our exceptional driver, Gino Mäder,” said Team Bahrain-Victorious manager Milan Erzen. The Giro d’Italia team tweeted: “Cycling is one big family. Today we are all crying for a special boy.” German cyclist Simon Geschke wrote on Instagram: “We will never forget you, Gino.”
Tour de Suisse: Sixth stage canceled after Gino Mäder fell
Mäder fell on Thursday on the descent from the Albula Pass to the destination of La Punt and fell into a ravine. He then had to be revived. A day later, he died at around 11:30 a.m. at the age of 26, according to his team.
After the fatal fall, the sixth stage of the bike race was officially cancelled. The stage will not take place as planned, the tour organizers announced on Friday via the official live ticker. Instead, the field of riders will complete a commemorative ride over the last 30 kilometers of the planned sixth stage in memory of Mäder.
The commemoration is scheduled to start at 4 p.m. The arrival at the destination Oberwil-Lieli is then planned for 4.40 p.m. Further information should then follow. The start of the stage had previously been “postponed indefinitely”.
The Swiss news agency SDA previously reported that, in consultation with Mäder’s team Bahrain-Victorious and his family, the tour organizers had decided to continue the race in principle. Mäder’s team announced that it would withdraw from the preparatory race for the Tour de France.