It is a Dutchman, who had felt bad on the climb of Taaienberg, and a Frenchman, revived after a failure and who died later in the hospital. To the event present in 15,000
A double mourning breaks out on the “We Ride Flanders” the traditional amateur race that takes place on the eve of the Flanders Giro. In fact, the organizers announced the death of two cyclists during the Saturday race: it is a Dutchman, who had felt bad on the climb of the Taienberg, and a Frenchman, revived after a failure on the climb of Oude Kwaremont and who died later in the hospital. “Despite the rapid assistance and resuscitation efforts, unfortunately they did not make it,” said the spokesman Gert Van Goolen, in an official note.
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The race, which has been deflected to allow rescue to the two cyclists, is held on the same path as Flanders, on the calendar on Sunday: the participants can choose to pedal for 229 km or face a ‘reduced’ version of 80 km along the path of Sunday race. At the event – the Belgian media – there were about 15,000 amateur cyclists, including 10 thousand foreigners.
La Gazzetta dello Sport
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