Cycling: Spanish rider killed in accident
Tondo, was killed when he was involved in an incident with a garage door on his way to training near Granada.
MADRID:
Spanish cyclist Xavier Tondo was killed in a freak accident in which he was crushed between his car and a garage door at a ski resort in southern Spain, confirmed a police source.
Tondo, 32, was in his car about to leave the garage of an apartment building of the Sierra Nevada resort Monday morning to continue training for the Tour de France. For reasons that remain unclear, he got out of the vehicle and was trapped between his car and the automatic door of the garage.
Tondo was one of a number of cyclists who have been training at altitude in the resort.
Tondo, who turned professional in 2003, won the Tour of Castilla y Leon last month, succeeding his controversial compatriot Alberto Contador.
Published in The Express Tribune, May 24th, 2011.
Spanish cyclist Xavier Tondo was killed in a freak accident in which he was crushed between his car and a garage door at a ski resort in southern Spain, confirmed a police source.
Tondo, 32, was in his car about to leave the garage of an apartment building of the Sierra Nevada resort Monday morning to continue training for the Tour de France. For reasons that remain unclear, he got out of the vehicle and was trapped between his car and the automatic door of the garage.
Tondo was one of a number of cyclists who have been training at altitude in the resort.
Tondo, who turned professional in 2003, won the Tour of Castilla y Leon last month, succeeding his controversial compatriot Alberto Contador.
Published in The Express Tribune, May 24th, 2011.