{"id":1271,"date":"2025-07-17T20:20:07","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T20:20:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/1271\/"},"modified":"2025-07-17T20:20:07","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T20:20:07","slug":"samuele-privitera-top-cyclist-19-dies-after-mid-race-crash-during-italys-giro-della-valle-daosta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/1271\/","title":{"rendered":"Samuele Privitera: Top cyclist, 19, dies after mid-race crash during Italy\u2019s Giro della Valle d\u2019Aosta"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Your support helps us to tell the story<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-1uza6dc-0 cKWiEj\">From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it&#8217;s investigating the financials of Elon Musk&#8217;s pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, &#8216;The A Word&#8217;, which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-1uza6dc-0 cKWiEj\">At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-1uza6dc-0 cKWiEj\">The Independent is trusted by Americans across the entire political spectrum. And unlike many other quality news outlets, we choose not to lock Americans out of our reporting and analysis with paywalls. We believe quality journalism should be available to everyone, paid for by those who can afford it.<\/p>\n<p>Your support makes all the difference.Read more<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/italian\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Italian<\/a> cyclist Samuele Privitera, 19, has died following a crash during the opening stage of the Giro della Valle d\u2019Aosta.<\/p>\n<p>The Hagens Berman Jayco rider reportedly crashed during a descent, losing his helmet and colliding with a gate. <\/p>\n<p>He was taken to hospital but succumbed to his injuries. <\/p>\n<p>Authorities are investigating the circumstances of the crash.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSamuele was and always will be the life and personality of this team,\u201d Axel Merckx, the owner of Hagens Berman Jayco, said in a statement. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis team has always been a small family, and moments like this are unimaginable.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was irreplaceable. His joy, his spirit, his kindness, was always a bright light to whatever room or race that he was in at that moment. To lose him is devastating beyond words.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Merckx said he was \u201cstruggling to express the sadness\u201d he felt, but was grateful for the joy Privitera brought to the team.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe loved the bike, he loved the camera, he loved to smile, he loved to laugh, but most of all he loved his family and his teammates.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRest in peace, Samuele. You will always be part of this team.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>GreenEDGE Cycling said the entire organisation was mourning the loss of \u201csuch an incredible, talented rider\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSamuele was taken far too young, doing something he was truly passionate about and will always be remembered.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The second stage of the race, which takes place in northern Italy&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/aosta-valley\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Aosta Valley<\/a> near the French border, has been cancelled.<\/p>\n<p>The third stage will take place as scheduled on 18 July from Pr\u00e9 Saint Didier to Col du Gran San Bernardo.<\/p>\n<p>It will be preceded by a moment of silence, organisers said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll formal ceremonies are cancelled until the end of the event.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe organising committee is giving teams the freedom to decide whether to continue the race starting with the third stage.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1272,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[569],"tags":[64,63,784,85],"class_list":["post-1271","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cycling","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1271","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1271"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1271\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1272"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1271"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1271"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}