His team Bahrain-Victorious announced this in a message on Friday. – It is with great sadness and a heavy heart that we have to announce the passing of Gino Mäder, the team writes in the press release. Mäder had to be revived after a very ugly roll a few kilometers before the finish on the fifth stage on Thursday. The doctors tried to save his life at the hospital, but on Friday morning he was confirmed dead. – We are devastated by the loss of our exceptional cyclist Gino Mäder. His talent, dedication and enthusiasm were an inspiration to us all, says director of the team Milan Erzen in the press release. Criticized The descents on the way down from the Albula pass, where the accident happened, were characterized by very high speeds and were criticized by several riders. Among them was Belgian star rider Remco Evenepoel. – No one believes that no one was satisfied with today’s ending. The stage ended with a dangerous downhill, Evenepoel said in an interview after the finish on Thursday with Cycling Pro Net. He had heard that someone fell and thought the stage should have ended at the top of the mountain pass. On Twitter, Evenepoel later wrote that he hopes the stage gives cause for reflection for both organizers and riders. This was written before Mäder was confirmed dead. news’s cycling expert Sondre Sørtveit immediately realized that it was a serious accident. But he points out that it usually goes well with the overturns, even if it looks ugly. Gino Mäder cycles over the finish line during a stage in the Giro d’Italia in 2021. Photo: AFP – That it didn’t go well this time is incredibly sad, says Sørtveit. – How will it affect cycling? – It will be a new reminder that it is a dangerous, risky sport. There is a great risk involved in road cycling, so I believe that new life will be breathed into the discussion about safety in cycling races. Especially in this case, where you had to finish after a descent after a mountain instead of on top of a mountain. It will probably be hotly debated in the future, says Sørtveit. He believes the organizers must investigate the accident and see if they have taken too many risks. – I think it’s a shame to have a finish line after you’ve driven down a mountain. It is known that cyclists take higher and higher risks the closer they are to the finish line, so I feel that they put a bit of effort into the fact that someone can ride excessively dangerously down a mountain if they see a hope that they can get a breakthrough result. On Friday, the race organizer writes that they are devastated by the death. – Gino, you have been an excellent rider, but even more a wonderful person, they write on Twitter. The organizer reported this about the events after the stage on Thursday. – The race doctor was on the scene within two minutes of the accident. Gino Mäder lay motionless in the water. He was immediately revived and transported to the Chur hospital via air ambulance, the organizer wrote on Twitter afterwards. – Shock The Mäder team reported on Thursday that the rider had been involved in what was described as an ugly collision. He was treated at the scene and then taken to hospital. Edvald Boasson Hagen has been a teammate of Mäder in the past. He expresses his grief to VG. – It is very tragic to hear. I am shocked by the news. He was a very good teammate on the bike, and a nice and young person who has lost his life far too soon. I think about his family, says Boasson Hagen to VG. The reactions flow on Friday morning. Among them is former Tour de France winner Geraint Thomas, who can’t believe what he’s reading. Two taken to hospital Ineos rider Magnus Sheffield was also involved in the overturn. He was conscious after the accident, but was also taken to hospital. The end of Thursday’s stage went over a steep climb with a subsequent steep descent towards the finish line. On the way down from the top, the Bahrain-Victorious cyclist Mäder overturned badly. Roland Thalmann of Tudor Pro Cycling told SRF after the stage that he was among those who passed the scene of the crash after the accident. – After a long bend, two bikes were lying on the side of the road and it didn’t look good. When I looked back, I saw two riders lying quite far down, Thalmann said.
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