Magali Pache

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Magali Pache Road cycling
To person
Date of birth June 11, 1978
date of death September 3, 2000
nation SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
discipline Road cycling
Societies)
VC Friborg
Most important successes
National track championships
2000: gold- Omnium

Magali Pache (born June 11, 1978 in Matran , † September 3, 2000 in Saint-Amand-Montrond , France ) was a Swiss cyclist .

In 1999 Magali Pache became Swiss junior champion in the individual time trial on the road . In 1999 she took third place at the national championships in the Omnium on the track .

In 2000 Pache became Swiss champion in the omnium. A week later she started at the Trophée d'Or Féminin in France. After completing a stage, she was hit by a car on her way to her hotel and was fatally injured. The car involved in the accident also crashed into a team van, and two female cyclists seated in it were injured in the impact. The driver was arrested.

In 2005, in memory of Magali Pache, her family and friends founded a foundation named after her to support women's cycling . From 2001 to 2010, the Grand Prix de Suisse-Souvenir Magali Pache , an invitation race for women, was held seven times as part of the Tour de Romandie .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Swiss cyclist fatally injured. radsport-news.com, September 4, 2000, accessed January 28, 2014 .
  2. ↑ Van Moorsel gains overall after death marred stage. Cyclingsnews.com, accessed January 28, 2014 .
  3. ↑ «There is no past that prevents the building of the future». Swiss Cycling: Journal September / 2005, archived from the original on March 27, 2014 ; accessed on January 28, 2014 .
  4. ↑ Ben Atkins: Emma Pooley Interview: Winning for the team. Velonation, May 13, 2010, accessed January 28, 2014 .
personal data
SURNAME Pache, Magali
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH June 11, 1978
PLACE OF BIRTH Matran
DATE OF DEATH September 3, 2000
Place of death Saint-Amand-Montrond