Cyclist Killed At Worlds Not Found For 82 Minutes

A cyclist who was killed during nan Road World Championships was not recovered for 82 minutes aft a crash, investigators person found.

Switzerland's Muriel Furrer, 18, died aft crashing during nan inferior roadworthy title successful Zurich successful her location state successful 2024.

The investigation by nan Zurich Public Prosecutors' Office concluded location was "no grounds of criminal behaviour aliases negligence connected nan portion of nan organiser".

Furrer near nan roadworthy successful bedewed conditions, connected a people adjacent to wherever she grew up, and collapsed into a wooded area.

The indicent was not seen by title marshals connected nan 73.5km (45.7 miles) way and she laic undiscovered for much than an hour.

She was yet airlifted to infirmary but died of a caput injury.

The prosecutors' agency said: "The mishap occurred astatine astir 11:04am, retired of show of support vehicles, title officials, spectators, and marshals.

"The injured cyclist laic hidden successful nan undergrowth and was not visible from nan road.

"The abrupt disappearance of [the] jock was not automatically reported. Due to these circumstances, nan injured cyclist was not discovered until 12:26pm."

Neither unrecorded search of riders nor power were allowed successful nan World Championships, contempt being utilized successful different races specified arsenic nan Tour de France.

The title was overseen by a section organising committee successful conjunction pinch world governing assemblage nan UCI, which BBC Sport has contacted for comment.

The UCI introduced GPS trackers for nan 2025 World Championships successful Rwanda, truthful nan whereabouts of riders were known astatine each times.

It is thing nan CPA - nan cyclists' national - believes should person been introduced years ago.

"It's specified an easy solution," CPA president Adam Hansen told BBC Sport successful October.

The nationalist prosecutors said: "According to nan investigation, nan first emergency responders arrived astatine nan segment of nan mishap conscionable minutes aft nan cyclist was recovered and instantly began providing first aesculapian care.

"This was followed by nan rescue of nan earnestly injured cyclist from nan undergrowth and preparations for her carrier to nan hospital.

"No grounds of immoderate criminally applicable breaches of work was found, either successful relationship pinch nan time-consuming rescue cognition aliases pinch nan consequent aesculapian attraction astatine nan University Hospital Zurich."

Last twelvemonth nan UCI retired Furrer's title number connected nan day, 84, from women's inferior roadworthy races.

The findings travel days aft Britain's Tom Pidcock collapsed into a valley connected a accelerated descent astatine nan Volta a Catalunya successful an incident not seen by cameras aliases organisers.

The Q36.5 rider said he "was acold from nan roadworthy and cipher knew I was there" but was "lucky" because he could talk connected nan power to his team.

He vanished nan shape but retired from nan title nan adjacent day.