Colombian Cristian Camilo Munoz has died from a knee an infection following a crash six days in the past.
The 30-year-old didn’t end the Tour du Jura one-day race in France during which the accident occurred, and was handled by medics following the incident.
He then travelled along with his NU Colombia group to Spain for one more race, the place he was admitted to hospital with a “difficult-to-treat” an infection.
Munoz, whose earlier groups included World Tour powerhouses UAE Workforce Emirates, got here fourth within the 2024 Colombian Street Race Championships, and received a stage of the under-23 Giro d’Italia in 2018.
His group mentioned: “At present we bid farewell Cristian Munoz, a bike owner who turned each kilometer right into a present of ardour, self-discipline and coronary heart.
“[His] loss of life occurred because of medical issues arising from the accident he suffered final Saturday.
“Following the crash, Cristian was initially handled at a medical centre, the place he obtained remedy for an harm to his left knee.
“As soon as the group arrived in Oviedo, Spain, Cristian was examined once more at a clinic, the place medical employees detected a difficult-to-treat an infection that required additional specialist care.
“His situation deteriorated and, regardless of all of the efforts of the medical group, Cristian handed away on Friday morning.”
Security in highway racing has been known as into query following numerous fatalities and severe accidents.
Switzerland’s Muriel Furrer died after crashing within the 2024 Street World Championships girls’s junior race, going undetected in undergrowth for greater than an hour earlier than being found by organisers.
In 2023 one other Swiss, Gino Mader, died following a high-speed crash on a descent in the course of the Tour de Suisse.
Biking’s governing physique the UCI launched numerous new security protocols the identical yr to attempt to mitigate the excessive dangers for riders and spectators in a sport which takes place on public roads.
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