Newsbrief: 17-Year-Old Cyclist Dies After Junior Vuelta Crash
Spanish teenager Ivan Melendez Luque has died after a major crash involving about 20 riders during the queen stage of the Junior Tour of Spain between Langa de Duero and Laguna Negra.
Eighteen riders were hospitalised in Soria, three in serious condition, but doctors later confirmed Luque, who rode for the Tenerife team, succumbed to his injuries. Organisers have cancelled the remainder of the race, with tributes held in Aranda del Duero.
The International Cycling Union (UCI) expressed condolences, describing the loss as “deeply saddening.” Luque becomes the second junior cyclist to die in competition this year after Italy’s Samuele Privitera.
#IvanLuque #Cycling #Spain #JuniorVuelta
Spanish teenager Ivan Melendez Luque has died after a major crash involving about 20 riders during the queen stage of the Junior Tour of Spain between Langa de Duero and Laguna Negra.
Eighteen riders were hospitalised in Soria, three in serious condition, but doctors later confirmed Luque, who rode for the Tenerife team, succumbed to his injuries. Organisers have cancelled the remainder of the race, with tributes held in Aranda del Duero.
The International Cycling Union (UCI) expressed condolences, describing the loss as “deeply saddening.” Luque becomes the second junior cyclist to die in competition this year after Italy’s Samuele Privitera.
#IvanLuque #Cycling #Spain #JuniorVuelta
Newsbrief: 17-Year-Old Cyclist Dies After Junior Vuelta Crash
Spanish teenager Ivan Melendez Luque has died after a major crash involving about 20 riders during the queen stage of the Junior Tour of Spain between Langa de Duero and Laguna Negra.
Eighteen riders were hospitalised in Soria, three in serious condition, but doctors later confirmed Luque, who rode for the Tenerife team, succumbed to his injuries. Organisers have cancelled the remainder of the race, with tributes held in Aranda del Duero.
The International Cycling Union (UCI) expressed condolences, describing the loss as “deeply saddening.” Luque becomes the second junior cyclist to die in competition this year after Italy’s Samuele Privitera.
#IvanLuque #Cycling #Spain #JuniorVuelta
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