Cycling: Weylandt dies in Giro d’Italia crash

The cyclist fell at high speed during a descent about 20 kilometre from finish.


Express May 09, 2011

Belgian cyclist Wouter Weylandt died after crashing during yesterday’s third stage of the Giro d’Italia. He fell at high speed during a descent about 20 kilometre from finish.

The 26-year-old lay motionless on the roadside as paramedics tried to give artificial respiration to him. “Despite immediate aid nothing could be done,” doctor Giovanni Tredici told Italian television.

Published in The Express Tribune, May 10th, 2011.

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