Fabio Casartelli

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Memorial plaque at Col de Portet d'Aspet

Fabio Casartelli (born August 16, 1970 in Como , † July 18, 1995 in Tarbes ) was an Italian cyclist .

Athletic career

1992 to 1995

1992 won Casartelli at the Olympic Games in Barcelona , the gold medal in the road race. He then switched to the Ariostea team . In 1994 he drove for the ZG-Mobili team and in 1995 for the Motorola team .

Death in 1995

In 1995 Casartelli, who was considered one of the most hopeful talents in Italian cycling, took part in the Tour de France for the first time. On July 18, on the 15th stage of the tour between Saint-Girons and Crêtes du Lys , Casartelli fell into a mass fall on the descent from the Col de Portet-d'Aspet , in which the German Dirk Baldinger , who broke his pelvis, also fell. the French Dante Rezze and the Belgian Johan Museeuw were involved. Casartelli hit a concrete roadside with his head and passed out. The tour doctor Gérard Porte succeeded in resuscitating him, but about three hours later Casartelli died of severe head injuries in the hospital in Tarbes . On the stage that followed three days later, his teammate Lance Armstrong won the 18th stage of the tour and then dedicated his victory to the late Casartelli.

In honor of Casartelli, who was the fourth death in the history of the Tour de France, a white monument was erected on the west ramp of the Col du Portet d'Aspet, showing a bike and the Olympic flag.

Casartelli left a wife and a son.

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SURNAME Casartelli, Fabio
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH August 16, 1970
PLACE OF BIRTH Como
DATE OF DEATH July 18, 1995
Place of death Tarbes