2023-06-16 12:01:53
The badly injured cyclist Gino Mäder died as a result of his fall at the Tour de Suisse. This was announced by his team Bahrain Victorious on Friday. “It is with deep sadness and a heavy heart that we have to announce the death of Gino Mäder,” the statement said.
The 26-year-old Swiss left the road on Thursday on the fifth stage of his home tour on the descent towards the finish and fell into a ravine. Mäder was revived on the spot and transported by helicopter to Chur Hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries.
The world cycling association UCI reacted “devastated” to the news: “Our thoughts are with his family, his friends and everyone who has anything to do with Gino. He was a rising star in professional cycling.” After successes as a junior on the track, Mäder was on the way to becoming a strong round driver. In 2021 he won a stage each at the Giro d’Italia and the Tour de Suisse and finished fifth at the Vuelta a Espana.
“Despite all the efforts of the phenomenal staff at the Chur hospital, Gino did not manage to master this final and greatest challenge, at 11.30 we said goodbye to one of the bright heads of our team,” wrote Bahrain Victorious. Team manager Milan Erzen said: “We are devastated by the loss of our exceptional cyclist Gino Mäder.”
The team will “race in Mäder’s honor and keep his memory on every road we ride.”
Tour de Suisse: Stage not a blank slate
Road bike world champion Remco Evenepoel raised serious allegations following the king’s stage. “I hope today’s finale of the stage gives food for thought for both the organizers and for us as riders. A mountain finish would have easily been possible. So it was not a good decision to let us end the stage with this dangerous descent.” , wrote the Belgian Twitter.
The Swiss professional cyclist Roland Thalmann, who passed the spot minutes following the accident, was shocked. “In a long curve, I saw two wheels that no longer looked good. When I looked around, I saw two drivers quite deep in the abyss next to the road. It wasn’t a pretty sight,” he said on Swiss television SFR.
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