In the accident, about twenty athletes were involved. The stage was canceled

Mourning to Vuelta Junior in La Ribera del Duero. A seventeen -year -old cyclist who participated in the race died during the ninth edition, according to sources of the organization. The victim remained involved in a serious accident in the middle of the second stage, which took place between Langa de Duero and Laguna Negra de Vinuesa, in the province of Soria. According to the Municipality of Burgos, the mortal accident occurred around 12.15 in El Amogable, in the municipality of Navaleno and involved over twenty injured twenty. The deceased young man was transported to the Santa Bárbara hospital in Soria together with two other seriously injured runners, and his death was announced in the hospital. The other two participants remain hospitalized in the Soria hospital. Given the lack of ambulances, according to the same sources, the direction of the race has decided to cancel the stage. Subsequently, the stage was definitively suspended, so the cyclists headed in a group towards the nearest city.

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