{"id":477516,"date":"2026-02-16T00:53:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T00:53:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/477516\/"},"modified":"2026-02-16T00:53:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T00:53:09","slug":"horror-as-teenage-cycling-star-dies-after-getting-hit-by-a-car-during-practice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/477516\/","title":{"rendered":"Horror as teenage cycling star dies after getting hit by a car during practice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"author-section byline-plain\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/profile-156\/oliver-salt.html\" class=\"author\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">OLIVER SALT, US ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR<\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"byline-section\"> Published:  17:44 EST, 15 February 2026   |  Updated:  17:51 EST, 15 February 2026   <\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">A teenage cycling star in Italy has tragically died after being struck by a car while on a training ride over the weekend, it has been announced.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Francesco Mazzoleni, 18, was out practicing near the town of Barzana in northern Italy on Sunday afternoon when he was hit by the vehicle, according to <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" class=\"class\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cyclinguptodate.com\/cycling\/18-year-old-italian-rider-francesco-mazzoleni-passes-away-after-being-involved-in-a-road-accident\">CyclingUpToDate.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Mazzoleni was a rider for Turin-based team Goodshop Yoyogurt, which has been left devastated by the news of his passing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;It&#8217;s a very sad Sunday for us,&#8217; Gooddshop Yoyogurt said in a statement on Instagram.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;Our Francesco Mazzoleni leaves us too soon. He was hit while training on his home roads, while doing what he loved most.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;We all gather in a painful silence around Francesco&#8217;s family&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-b762ae96581d03a0\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/106411199-15562605-image-m-2_1771195263242.jpg\" height=\"562\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Italian cycling star\u00a0Francesco Mazzoleni, 18, has died after being hit by a car while practicing\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Italian cycling star\u00a0Francesco Mazzoleni, 18, has died after being hit by a car while practicing<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The statement added: &#8216;We will always carry with us your smile and the determination that drove you to pursue your dream. You are and will always be one of our Orange riders.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Tributes quickly poured in for Mazzoleni on the platform, including from one user who wrote in the comments: &#8216;goodbye franci thanks for the years together and the thousands of trainings&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Another posted: &#8216;We love you so much and we will remember you forever&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;You will always be a small but great champion: Rest in Peace,&#8217; said a third.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">While one put: &#8216;[I] had the good fortune and pleasure of coaching him for 2 years as a apprentice&#8230; a special boy.. goodbye Francesco&#8230;&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>                    Share or comment on this article:<br \/>\n                        Horror as teenage cycling star dies after getting hit by a car during practice<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By OLIVER SALT, US ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR Published: 17:44 EST, 15 February 2026 | Updated: 17:51 EST, 15&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":477517,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[445],"tags":[49,48,635,2093,5472,4996,27233,457,82],"class_list":["post-477516","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-cycling","tag-dailymail","tag-instagram","tag-italy","tag-othersports","tag-sport","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/477516","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=477516"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/477516\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/477517"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=477516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=477516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=477516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}