{"id":189125,"date":"2025-10-04T06:57:06","date_gmt":"2025-10-04T06:57:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/189125\/"},"modified":"2025-10-04T06:57:06","modified_gmt":"2025-10-04T06:57:06","slug":"cycling-fatality-was-a-factor-in-granfondos-decision-to-pull-out-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/189125\/","title":{"rendered":"Cycling fatality was a factor in Granfondo&#8217;s decision to pull out | Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The accident at the 2025 Okanagan Granfondo contributed towards the organizer\u2019s decision to stop hosting the race in the valley.<\/p>\n<p>A female cyclist was killed and two others injured along White Lake Road, near Penticton, after colliding with an automobile on July 13, 2015.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, Okanagan Granfondo executive director Jodi Cross announced the discontinuation of the 14-year old event.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is clear it is now time to step back, reflect on the last 14 years and plan for new opportunities in the sport leisure and endurance arena,\u201d Cross said in a press release. The release says Okanagan Granfondo will shift its focus towards gravel cyclists and racing.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday she was a guest on CBC Daybreak for an interview with Chris Walker.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople will wonder if the fatal crash at this year\u2019s event had any effect on this decision,\u201d Walker said. \u201cDid it?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019d be lying if this year\u2019s incident didn\u2019t play a role,\u201d Cross said. \u201cIt put an enormous strain on many of our volunteers and staff \u2013 which pales in comparison to the family, friends and fellow cyclists of those directly impacted.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The accident at the 2025 Okanagan Granfondo contributed towards the organizer\u2019s decision to stop hosting the race in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":189126,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[569],"tags":[34311,46869,64,63,120113,784,120110,120109,79787,824,120112,85,120111,16861],"class_list":["post-189125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-adventure-travel","tag-aerobic-exercise","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cycle-sport","tag-cycling","tag-human-powered-transport","tag-land-transport","tag-micromobility","tag-motorsport","tag-outdoor-recreation","tag-sports","tag-sustainable-transport","tag-transport"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189125","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=189125"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189125\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/189126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=189125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=189125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=189125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}