The 2024 UEC Gravel European Championships was overshadowed by the loss of life of Italian rider Silvano Janes who suffered a cardiac arrest whereas competing within the Masters 65-69 class held in Asiago, Province of Vicenza, Veneto, Italy on Saturday.
Occasion organisers confirmed Janes’ loss of life in an official assertion following the occasion.
“What was purported to be a celebratory day on the 2024 UEC Gravel European Championships on the Asiago Plateau changed into certainly one of mourning. In the course of the 65-69 masters race, Italian rider Silvano Janes tragically handed away after struggling a cardiac arrest. Regardless of rapid medical help, nothing could possibly be performed,” organisers wrote in a press release.
Janes, 69, was a widely known bike owner from Trentino and a former multi-time Masters class world champion in highway gran fondo and mountain biking.
Riders competing on the UEC Gravel European Championships competed on a neighborhood lap is 51km with 70% gravel and 30% paved roads and totals 800m of elevation per lap. Every class competed in a unique variety of laps, between 1-3 laps, with the Masters Males’s 65+ area finishing one lap.
Race organisers confirmed that they stopped all classes from competing as soon as they got here by after the second lap (102km), except the entrance teams from the elite males’s race.
“In mild of the incident, the UEC, in settlement with the Flanders Classics and PP Sport Occasions organizers, determined to halt all races after the second lap of the 51km circuit. Solely the primary two teams within the Males’s Elite race had been allowed to finish the third lap to contest the European title,” race organisers mentioned in a press release.
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The organizers additionally confirmed that podium ceremonies had been cancelled for all classes and that the elite males’s and elite ladies’s classes stood on the rostrum for a top-three podium picture.
“Moreover, after the race, there have been no common celebrations. Solely the Elite Males and Ladies briefly stood on the rostrum for photographs, with out music, jerseys, interviews, or nationwide anthems.”
Flanders Classics launched a press release following the occasion expressing condolences for Janes’ household, pals and family members.
“It’s with a heavy coronary heart that we begin this press launch with the information that Silvano Janes (ITA – Grasp 65 – 69) immediately handed away through the 2024 UEC Gravel European Championships in Asiago, Veneto,” Flanders Classics wrote.
“We want to lengthen our heartfelt condolences and assist to his household and family members throughout this tough time.”
It is with a heavy coronary heart that we share this information. Our ideas and assist are with the family members of Silvano Janes. https://t.co/5VQ6fwRcH1October 13, 2024
We’re deeply saddened to share that Silvano Janes (ITA, Grasp 65-69) immediately handed away through the UEC Gravel European Championships in Asiago (Ita).UEC and the organizing committee lengthen their heartfelt condolences to the household and family members throughout this tough time.October 13, 2024
