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Ian Parker

Cyclist Gino Mader dies during Tour de Suisse after falling into ravine

Swiss cyclist Gino Mader has died at the age of 26 after falling into a ravine at the Tour de Suisse on Thursday, the Bahrain-Victorious team has announced.

Mader was involved in a high-speed crash on the descent of the Albula Pass late on stage six of the race along with American Magnus Sheffield, with both riders falling into a ravine.

Mader had been found "motionless in the water" according to a race statement, before being resuscitated by race doctors at the scene and airlifted to hospital in Chur.

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