Professional Cyclists

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4 hours ago, Grim Up North said:

 

Some more info here. Heart attack and partner of Katie Archibald. Hard to imagine it wasn't linked to his superhuman efforts two days earlier. Tragic.

 

As someone who does quite a lot of long distance running and am planning on running a 50 mile mountain challenge with 12,000 feet of ascent soon it makes me think. Maybe won't push myself quite as hard as I was planning.

 

 

Yeah, I was faster than my mates on a bike when we were younger and later did a little time trialing

 

Saw that news come in on daytime telly with a cuppa and a chocolate digestive in my hand and immediately thought - fuck, that was close, could have been me!

[time 8,620]

Herman Van Springel, Belgian cyclist who famously lost a 16 second lead in the final time trial of the 1968 Tour-de-France, has died aged 79. 

 

Known as M. Bordeaux-Paris on account of his success at the race - he won 7 times, he also was runner-up in the 1971 Giro d'Italia.

[Sir Creep 7,070]

Kenyan cyclist Sule Kangangi died in a crash Saturday while competing in a gravel race in Vermont.

Kangangi was riding at a high speed in the Vermont Overland race when he crashed.

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[DCI Frank Burnside 3,887]

On 15/08/2022 at 15:15, Thatcher said:

Mike Burrows, bike designer who designed the Lotus 108 which was used by Chris Boardman when he won Gold at the 1992 Olympics, has died aged 79.

 

Obituaries: BBC

Got a Guardian Obit

[DevonDeathTrip 2,358]

Eileen Sheridan is 99 today.

 

[JQW 283]

Hearing that Brian Robinson, the first British rider to complete the Tour de France, has died aged 91.

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12 minutes ago, JQW said:

Hearing that Brian Robinson, the first British rider to complete the Tour de France, has died aged 91.

 

First Briton to win Tour de France stage Brian Robinson dies at age of 91 (yahoo.com)

 

Confirmed (with QO).

 

Nearly (a week off) a decade to the day another British cycling legend, Tommy Godwin, died at the same age.

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List of the Missed! 

 

Picked last year, not this year, by looks of it? Genuinely surprised. 

[DevonDeathTrip 2,358]

Davide Rebellin, 51, a bit of a cult figure in cycling due to his obstinate refusal to retire, has been killed in a road traffic accident only weeks after his final professional race.

[drol 11,970]

Federico Bahamontes spent his 94th birthday in hospital last July. May have been discharged since, but does not seem in the best health.

[Summer in Transylvania 2,190]

Walter Bénéteau, French cyclist who partook in every Tour de France from 2000 to 2006, and was hit in the face by Spaniard David de la Fuente in during Stage 6 of the latter year's race, dead at 50.

 

Obit in French. 

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1 hour ago, drol said:

Federico Bahamontes spent his 94th birthday in hospital last July. May have been discharged since, but does not seem in the best health.

Will be back on my list next year. Is he a famous enough celeb to appear on the official list you think ? 

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On 30/09/2010 at 09:53, DevonDeathTrip said:

Tour de France winner Alberto Contador has been suspended for testing positive for a banned stimulant.

Alberto Contador undergoes surgery to remove more than one hundred fat lipomas.

[Sir Creep 7,070]

Retired endurance mountain bike pro Monique “Pua” Parmalee was struck and killed by a motorcyclist while riding her bicycle near her home in Yucaipa, California on Wednesday, January 25.
Parmalee was 42.

A native of Oahu, Hawaii, Monique Parmalee rose to prominence in the U.S. mountain bike scene in the early 2000s as a top cross-country rider on the National Mountain Bike Series (NMBS) circuit. 

She claimed three U.S. titles in 24-Hour solo racing and seven national Marathon MTB titles. In 2009 Parmalee finished seventh place at the UCI Marathon MTB World Championships. Parmalee also won Costa Rica’s grueling La Ruta de los Conquistadores mountain bike race in 2012 and 2013, and finished second at the U.S. cross-country mountain bike national championships in 2013.

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Valentin Ferron trying a sneaky shortcut off a bridge in yesterday's Star of Besseges race in France.

 

[The Old Crem 3,608]

Luciano Armani Italian who stages at both the Tour de France and the Giro d’Italia has died aged 82. Obit (In Italian). 

[drol 11,970]

On 18/10/2022 at 21:37, DevonDeathTrip said:

Eileen Sheridan is 99 today.

 

Eileen Sheridan dead at 99.

[diego 1,992]

French cyclist Robert Cazala died on 2/17 at age 89, participated in 8 laps of France, winning 4 stages and wore the yellow jersey 6 times, his best position was 22nd in 1962

https://www.ladepeche.fr/2023/02/18/disparition-robert-cazala-avait-gagne-une-etape-historique-a-saint-gaudens-11008466.php

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Luigi Mele, Italian who raced in the 1962 Tour de France as well three Giro D’Italia’s has died aged 85. Obit (In Italian). 

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Val Rushworth, British national Road Race Champion in 1964, has died. https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/about/article/20230317-about-bc-static-Obituary--Valerie-Rushworth-0

Later became a cycling coach and competed in over 50's cycling events.

[YoungWillz 21,066]

BBC report of the death of Tony Doyle, British cyclist from pancreatic cancer, aged 64: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/65500821

 

So pancan and never mentioned on the Forum? 

 

Won medals for England at the 1978 and 1994 Commonwealth Games and a former double world pursuit champion.

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Gianluca Tonetti died aged 56, the Italian cyclist notably won the Trittico Lombardo in 2001. He also competed in two editions of the Giro d'Italia, as well as the 1993 Vuelta a España.Died on May 6

https://www.federciclismo.it/it/article/2023/05/06/lutto-e-scomparso-gianluca-tonetti/59561484-ef26-4e09-bc0b-f0001d447a33/

 

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Giuseppe Fallarini aka Pippo Fallarini, Italian cyclist and participant reportedly in 8 Giro d'Italia and 2 Tours de France, reportedly dead aged 89: https://www-lastampa-it.translate.goog/novara/2023/05/15/news/addio_a_pippo_fallarini_il_ciclismo_novarese_piange_il_gregario_di_coppi-12806634/?_x_tr_sl=it&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc

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Arturo Gravalos, a Spanish cyclist who in 2019 came second in Spain's national road race for under-23s, has died. He was 25. Gravalos died of a brain tumour.

 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/othersports/article-12102597/Tributes-pour-Spanish-cyclist-Arturo-Gravalos-died-aged-25-brain-tumour.html

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Sante Ranucci died 5/20, born in Montefiascone, Italy he died in Scandicci, Italy aged 89, won the amateur road race at the 1955 UCI Road World Championships. After that, he competed as a professional until 1964. In 1958, he finished second in the Giro del Lazio

https://www.viterbotoday.it/cronaca/provincia/sante-ranucci-morto-ciclismo-21-maggio-2023.html