Xavier Tondo

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Xavier Tondo Road cycling
Xavier Tondo at the Giro d'Italia 2010
Xavier Tondo at the Giro d'Italia 2010
To person
Date of birth 5th November 1978
date of death May 23, 2011
nation SpainSpain Spain
Team (s)
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007–2008
2009
2010
2011 		Paternina-Costa de Almería
Barbot-Gaia
Cataluña-Ángel Mir
Relax-GAM
LA-MSS
Andalucía-Cajasur
Cervélo TestTeam
Movistar Team

Xavier Tondo Volpini (born November 5, 1978 in Valls , † May 23, 2011 in Pradollano , Sierra Nevada ) was a Spanish cyclist .

Career

Xavier Tondo began his career in 2003 with the Spanish cycling team Paternina-Costa de Almería . In 2005 he won the overall ranking of the Volta ao Alentejo stage race , in 2007 the Grande Prémio Internacional de Torres Vedras and the Tour of Portugal and in 2011 the overall ranking of the Vuelta a Castilla y León . He also won several daily sections of international tours, including 2010 the ProTour competitions Paris – Nice and Tour of Catalonia . He has competed since 2009 - initially as a member of the Professional Continental Team Andalucía-Cajasur Grand Tours . His best result was fifth at the Vuelta a España 2010 .

On May 23, 2011, Tondo died in Pradollano in the Sierra Nevada , where he was preparing for the Tour de France , as a result of an accident in which he was crushed by his car while closing a garage door.

successes

2005

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Death at the age of 32: professional cyclist Tondo crushed by his own car. spiegel.de, May 23, 2011, accessed on November 20, 2012 .
  2. ^ Muere el ciclista Xavier Tondo al quedar aprisionado en un garaje. ideal.es, May 23, 2011, accessed May 23, 2011 (Spanish).
personal data
SURNAME Tondo, Xavier
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Tondo Volpini, Xavier
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Spanish cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH 5th November 1978
PLACE OF BIRTH Valls , Spain
DATE OF DEATH May 23, 2011
Place of death Pradollano , Sierra Nevada , Spain