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Tribute Held After Fatal Crash at Junior Vuelta Ribera del Duero

Organizers held a morning tribute in Aranda de Duero for Tenerife Cabberty rider Iván Meléndez.

Etapa detenida tras la masiva caída.
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Iván Meléndez, el ciclista español de 17 años, falleció durante la segunda etapa de la Vuelta Junior a la Ribera del Duero, luego de un accidente que dejó a varios participantes hospitalizados

Overview

  • Stage two was halted after a mass crash between Langa de Duero and Laguna Negra de Vinuesa left one rider dead and others injured.
  • The incident occurred around kilometers 66–68 at the N-234 crossing into El Amogable in Soria province.
  • Three cyclists were evacuated to Hospital Santa Bárbara de Soria, where one death was confirmed and two riders were treated.
  • The race direction suspended the stage and the peloton proceeded neutralized to the next town, with the event put on hold.
  • Federative sources reported a suspected tyre blowout as the trigger, and the fallen rider was identified as 17-year-old Iván Meléndez Luque of Tenerife Cabberty; organizers hosted a public homage Sunday in Aranda de Duero’s Plaza de la Hispanidad.