RAPALLO, Italy, May 9, 2011 – A list of the principal fatalities in
cycling following the death of Belgium’s Wouter Weylandt at the Giro d’Italia
Monday:

1935: Armando Cepeda (ESP) dies from a fatal crash into a ravine going to
Bourg-d’Oisans on the Tour de France.

1937: Andre Raynaud (FRA), the world distance champion dies during a race
in Antwerp.

1950: Camille Danguillaume (FRA) is killed after being hit by a motorbike
at the French championships in Montlhery.

1951: Serse Coppi (ITA), the brother of Italian legend Fausto Coppi,
crashes one kilometre from the finish at the Tour du Piedmont in Italy. He
finishes the race but dies the following night.

1956: Stan Ockers (BEL), the reigning world road race champion, dies in a
crash on the track at Antwerp.

1967: Tom Simpson (GBR), the former world road race champion, dies from
cardiac arrest — linked to his use of banned substances — on Mont Ventoux at
the Tour de France.

1969: Jose Samyn (FRA) dies after crashing into a programme vendor during a
kermesse in Zingem.

1970: Jean-Pierre Monsere (BEL), the reigning world champion, dies after
colliding with a car driving the wrong way at the Grand Prix de Retie.

1972: Manuel Galera (ESP) dies from injuries sustained in an accident
during the Tour of Andalusia.

1976: Juan Manuel Santisteban (ESP) dies from injuries after a crash on the
first stage of the Giro d’Italia.

1984: Joaquim Agostinho (POR) dies 10 days after crashing into a dog near
the finish of a stage in the Tour of the Algarve.

1986: Emilio Ravasio (ITA) dies two weeks after a crash on the first stage
of the Giro d’Italia.

1987: Vicente Mata (ESP) dies after being hit by a car during the Luis-Puig
Trophy. Michel Goffin (BEL) dies after a six-day spell in a coma following a
crash at the Tour du Haut-Var in France.

1988: Connie Meijer (NED) dies after suffering an attack during a criterium
in the Netherlands.

1995: Fabio Casartelli (ITA), the reigning Olympic champion, dies a few
hours after sustaining injuries in a crash on a Pyreneean descent during the
15th stage of the Tour de France.

1999: Manuel Sanroma (ESP) dies from injuries sustained in a crash near the
finish of the second stage of the Tour of Catalunya.

2003: Andrei Kivilev (KAZ) dies from head injuries the morning after a
crash on the second stage of Paris-Nice.

2005: Alessio Galletti (ITA), dies from a heart attack 15 km from the
finish in the Subida Naranco race.

2011: Wouter Weylandt (BEL) dies following a horrific crash around 25 km
from the finish of the Giro d’Italia’s third stage.