Samuele Privitera passed away following a crash during stage 1 of Giro della Valle d'Aosta. He was 20 years old According to PCS it was his birthday
Translation of the article: The saddest news arrives at 11:50 pm: the organizing committee of the Giro della Valle d'Aosta announces that Samuele Privitera is no longer with us.
THE STATEMENT: "The Aosta Valley Cycling Society is saddened by the untimely death of Samuele Privitera. The cyclist fell today, during the first stage of the Giro della Valle d'Aosta, in the municipal area of Pontey. Promptly assisted by the health service following the race, the young man was transported to the Parini hospital in Aosta where he unfortunately died. The dynamics of the accident are still to be clarified and are being examined by the public security authorities.
Due to what happened, the organizing committee has decided to cancel the second stage scheduled for tomorrow, Thursday, July 17, in Passy. The race will resume with the third stage, scheduled for Friday 18, the Pré Saint Didier-Colle del Gran San Bernardo, which will be preceded by a moment of remembrance, and the initial section of the stage will be neutralized in memory of Samuele. All protocol ceremonies are canceled until the end of the event.
The organizing committee leaves the teams free to choose whether to continue the race starting from the third stage"
RECONSTRUCTION. Samuele Privitera's fall occurred 35 kilometers from the finish line; the rider may have been thrown off a bump while facing a descent, at an estimated speed of around 70 per hour. In the fall, the young man lost his helmet and crashed into a gate (or the railing of a house, it is not clear). The violent impact caused Samuele an extremely severe head injury that led to cardiac arrest. Promptly resuscitated on the spot, Privitera was then transported to the Parini hospital in Aosta, where he died this evening. Translated with
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