The group demands more security and tougher penalties for offenders
about 300 cyclists They have participated this Sunday on the Garraf coast in a march to honor the two cyclists who died in a multiple hit-and-run in Castellbisbal (Vallès Occidental) last weekend. The fans have demanded the administrations more security and what do I know harden the penalties for offenders.
“We are tired of so many deaths. We are fragile,” said Lilián Rodríguez, spokesperson for the Cubelles Cycling Club. The march has left Castelldefels (Baix Llobregat) and has arrived in Sitges (Garraf) at half past eleven in the afternoon. Members of the Rubí Cycling Club, of which the victims of the outrage were part, called the accident a “murder”.
“This pedaling is born from the feeling of pain suffered by the entire cycling communitywe must say enough deaths” said Rodríguez as a spokesperson for the mobilization. “We demand that the administrations more signage, more awareness, tougher laws so that what goes out on the road to kill cyclists is condemned”, he claimed, denouncing that many offenders are released in a few hours. “Cars are also a weapon to kill and it is murder”, he claimed. In the same sense, he expressed during the reading of the manifesto, when he denounced that “the increase in abuses of cyclists in recent years is alarming”.
Oscar, who is a member of the Rubí Cycling Club, explained that the entity has joined the initiative to remember and honor the colleagues who died last week in Castellbisbal and to claim more safety on the road. In the entity’s opinion, the incident was a “murder” and not a hit-and-run.
alone on the road
“What we want is to do our sport, which we are passionate about, safely and sometimes we feel very alone on the road,” he lamented. In fact, he claims that he is considering giving up the bicycle because his “right to ride with a minimum of guarantees” is not guaranteed. Òscar has told, visibly moved, that the seriously injured cyclist last Sunday “seems to have improved in recent hours”, but he is still admitted to a hospital.
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The ride ended on an esplanade next to the Leisure Adventure Park in Sitges, where a manifesto was read and a minute’s silence was held in memory of the victims of the multiple outrage in Castellbisbal. The event was attended by the Mayor of Cubelles, Rosa Fonoll, the Cubelles Councilor for Sports, Narcís Pineda, and the Sitges Councilor for Sports, Jaume Monasterio.
With the fatal outrage last Sunday against a group of cyclists from Rubí, they are sYou are the athletes who have died on Catalan roads this yearfour more than in the same period of 2021. According to data from the Català de Trànsit service, since 2010 they are 87 cyclists who have lost their lives on the asphalt.
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Some 300 cyclists paid tribute this Sunday with a ride on the Costas del Garraf road to their colleagues who died in a multiple hit-and-run in Castellbisbal (Vallès Occidental) last weekend. Fans have demanded more security administrations and tougher penalties for offenders. “
The ride has been organized by the Cubelles Cycling Club and the Coyotes Bike Cubelles and has brought together cyclists from all over Catalonia. Most amateurs have teammates who have been injured or even killed on the roads while playing the sport. The group has denounced that it is “fed up” that the administrations do not solve this problem and has announced monthly mobilizations like the one this Sunday.