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cartman
05-09-2011, 09:09 PM
26 year old Wouter Weylandt of Belgium died during a descent today in the Giro d'Italia. Evidently he was going between 40-50 mph and something happened which caused him to lose control and slam face first into a wall. They tried to keep him alive for 40 minutes, but were unable to do so. He leaves behind a girlfriend that is 5 months along.

Wouter Weylandt dies in Giro d'Italia crash - ESPN (http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/cycling/news/story?id=6513826)
SirFozzie
05-09-2011, 09:12 PM
apparently they showed the crash live on universal sports.. eek.
MIJB#19
05-10-2011, 11:10 AM
Breath taking mourning ride today.
:(
cartman
05-10-2011, 06:04 PM
Breath taking mourning ride today.
:(

Here's a shot of the finish line of today's stage:

http://i.usatoday.net/sports/gallery/2011/2012%20Olympics/2012%20Giro/armspg-vertical.jpg

The peloton let Weylandt's team, plus his best friend, finish the stage together.
cartman
05-10-2011, 06:07 PM
And then, after today's stage, his teammates announced they were withdrawing from the Giro.

AFP: Tragedy-hit cycling team withdraws from Giro (http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hH_2zBHGOWHz1GfYmLhLgCeBDUtA?docId=CNG.60d5b39646e58529e4788d62cae3ee2e.711)