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Tour de France pauses for Privitera, who died after Italy crash

Team Jayco AlUla's Mauro Schmid in Auch, France, where riders applauded for minute in memory of Samuele Privitera before the start of stage 12 of the race [Sarah Meyssonnier/Reuters]

Tour de France riders applauded for a minute before the 12th stage of their race today in memory of Samuele Privitera, a 19-year-old Italian cyclist who died after a crash while racing in Italy.

Privitera crashed in the first stage of the Tour of Valle D’Aosta in the northwestern municipality of Pontey on Wednesday.

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