Quel cycliste est mort ?
Quel cycliste est mort ?
Chris Anker Sorensen, cycliste professionnel danois de 20 est décédé ce samedi 18 septembre 2021, percuté sur son vélo par une camionnette, à Zeebruges, en Belgique.
Qui est mort sur le Tour de France ?
Alors qu'il circulait à vélo, l'ancien coureur professionnel danois Chris Anker Sørensen, élu super-combatif du Tour de France 2012, est décédé percuté sur son vélo par une camionnette, à Zeebruges, en Belgique.
Quel coureur cycliste est mort au Mont Ventoux ?
Tom Simpson La stèle dédiée à Tom Simpson se situe à 1,5 km du sommet du Ventoux, là même où le forçat de la route, victime le 13 juillet 1967 de la pente et des amphétamines, a senti qu'il basculait vers la mort.
How did Fabio Casartelli die?
- Fabio Casartelli, a 24-year-old Italian bicycle racer who was the reigning Olympic road race champion, was killed in the Tour de France today when he crashed on a steep and sinuous descent in the mountains and fractured his skull. While Casartelli was being flown by helicopter to a hospital in Tarbes, his heart stopped three times.
Who is Giuseppe Casartelli?
- Casartelli began his professional career in 1993 with the Ariostea team. He won a stage in the Settimana Bergamasca race, came second in a stage of the Tour de Suisse and finished the Giro d'Italia. In 1994 he moved to ZG-Mobili.
What happened to Casartelli on the peloton?
- In the middle of the peloton, Casartelli prepared to take a left-hand bend, flanked on the right-hand side of the road by square concrete blocks designed to prevent cars skidding off into the ravine. Suddenly a couple of riders fell in front of him. Casartelli was thrown off, and slid on his left side towards the precipice.
Why didn't Casartelli wear a helmet on his mountain descent?
- Although Casartelli was accustomed to wearing his Motorola team's standard hard-shell helmet, the Specialized Air Piranha, on mountain descents, two factors might have led to his decision not to use it as he began the 4,000ft descent from the Col de Portet d'Aspet. The first was the extreme heat in the Pyrenees.
