The young hope of 19 -year -old Italian Cycling died this Friday after being overthrown by a car during training.
A 70 -year -old man struck him in the opposite direction, wanting to double a vehicle.
The association of Italian professional cycling runners paid tribute to “umpteenth life broken by violence on the road”.
The world of professional cycling is again mourning in Italy. The young hope Sara Piffer, 19, died this Friday after being struck by a car in Mezzocorona, in the Trentino, in the northeast of the country. The sportswoman trained on the road with her brother, who was only slightly injured in the accident. According to initial information on the circumstances of this accident, Sara Piffing was training in the region with her brother when a 70 -year -old man, who was rolling in the opposite direction, struck him by doubling another vehicle.
According to Corriere del Trentinothe faulty driver would not have “Not noticed the cyclists, perhaps because it was dazzled by the sun“. Despite the arrival of help and a helicopter to help the young woman, she could not be saved. Within the professional team Mendelspeck GE-Man, she had produced in 2024 Good performance on several female races.Our thoughts go to his family, his team companions and all those torn apart by pain For the umpteenth life broken by violence on the road“, wrote the association of Italian professional cycling runners on the social network X.
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This is not the first time that an Italian runner has been the victim of a serious road accident in training. In 2017, Michele Scarponi, winner of the Tour of Italy, the “Giro”, in 2011, died at the age of 37 after being hit by a van during a training trip near his home to Filottrano, in the center of Italy. Five years later, another figure in Italian and world cycling, Davide Rebellin, a former winner in particular of Liège-Bastogne-Liège, was also killed after being overturned by a truck in Italy.
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