Professional Cyclists

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French cyclist Henri Guimbard (wiki) reportedly dead at 86 after falling off his bike while he was leading a group of cyclists.

[DevonDeathTrip 2,338]

18 year old Muriel Furrer in a "very critical" condition following a crash this morning during the World Championship junior road race.

Edited 18 hours ago by DevonDeathTrip
Edited to road race, not time trial

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2 hours ago, DevonDeathTrip said:

18 year old Muriel Furrer in a "very critical" condition following a crash this morning during the World Championship junior time trial.

 

Road Race, not Time Trial, as that was Tuesday.

 

Report in English from Cycling Weekly.

 

[The Old Crem 3,437]

18 hours ago, DevonDeathTrip said:

18 year old Muriel Furrer in a "very critical" condition following a crash this morning during the World Championship junior road race.

Dead

Very sad news.
 

I watched the para races yesterday which were held later on that morning on the BBC website and at one point the various races went past what I think might have been the accident site as the commentators did suggest it was an accident in an earlier race.