Samuele will privacy, runner of the Hagens formation Berman Jayco died on Wednesday, after a fall during the Tour du Val d'Aosta in Italy
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A drama during the Tour du Val d'Aosta. The young Italian Hope Samuele will privilege, 19, died after a fall in the race during the first stage of this competition in northwestern Italy, announced its Hagens Berman Jayco team on Wednesday July 16.
“Our runner, teammate and our dear friend, Samuele will privacy, has died (…) This team has always been like a family and moments like this are unimaginable“, a declared in a press release Axel Merckx, the boss of the training which serves as a development team for the Jayco-Alula structure, present on the Tour de France.
The circumstances of the Samuele accident will be privileged, fallen during the first stage of the Val d'Aosta Tour, “remain obscure“, The organizers said in a press release Who decided to cancel the second stage of Thursday, July 17. “”The Italian runner fell in the territory of the town of Pontey. Supported by the race medical services, he was transported to the Parini hospital in Aosta where he unfortunately died“They said.
This new death recalls the dangers of cycling, in the middle of a tour of France. Last year, the Norwegian André Drege lost his life in a collar descent on the Tour of Austria. The young Swiss Muriel Furrer had also died after a fall during the online race hopes of the world championships in Zürich.
