Sopela neo-pro Estela Domínguez has died after being hit by a truck driver in a hit-and-run incident throughout a coaching experience on Thursday afternoon.
Domínguez joined the crew this yr however had but to make her skilled debut. She was out coaching in Villares de la Reina close to Salamanca within the northern Castilla y León area of Spain when she was hit by a truck at a crossroads close to an industrial property.
Emergency providers have been alerted to the incident at 6:32pm on Thursday however could not do something to avoid wasting the 18-year-old.
“With immense ache, now we have discovered that our bicycle owner Estela Domínguez has died this afternoon, the sufferer of a hit-and-run whereas coaching,” Sopela introduced on Twitter. “We stand along with her household in these horrible moments. Relaxation in peace.”
The Spanish Biking Federation RFEC (opens in new tab) additionally paid tribute to Domínguez, writing, “All of Spanish biking is in mourning. Please at all times respect the cyclists on the highway. Each bike carries a life.”
Spanish each day El País (opens in new tab) has reported that an investigation is ongoing, noting that native authorities have stated that “all the things factors to a distraction” on the a part of the truck driver, with one speculation being that the night solar had dazzled the driving force and affected visibility. As but, there isn’t a information concerning the whereabouts of the truck driver.
Domínguez had raced each highway and cyclocross as a junior, lately collaborating within the UCI World Cup cyclocross spherical in Benidorm. Final season she was second within the nationwide junior competitors, the Ladies’s Cup, and completed high 5 in each the junior highway race and the time trial on the Spanish Nationwide Championships.
Alongside her biking profession, Domínguez was finding out human assets and labour relations on the College of Salamanca.
She was the daughter of Juan Carlos Domínguez, a professional racer within the Nineties and 2000s for Kelme, iBanesto, Phonak and Saunier Duval, and stage winner on the 2002 Giro d’Italia.
Tributes to Domínguez poured in from round Spanish biking in a single day, with Spanish groups Movistar (opens in new tab), Burgos-BH (opens in new tab) and Caja Rural-Seguros RGA (opens in new tab) all posting messages of remembrance to Twitter.
Alejandro Valverde wrote, “There aren’t any phrases that can be utilized within the face of one thing like this. All my like to the household and mates of Estela Domínguez, and particularly her father with whom I shared a crew in my early years. RIP.”
Cyclingnews want to lengthen our condolences to Domínguez’s household, mates, and former teammates.
😭 Con inmenso dolor, hemos conocido que nuestra ciclista Estela Domínguez ha fallecido esta tarde, víctima de un atropello mientras entrenaba. Acompañamos a la familia en estos terribles momentos. Descansa en paz 😔 pic.twitter.com/JrecoiFeZGFebruary 9, 2023
No hay palabras que sirvan ante algo así. Todo mi cariño a los familiares y allegados de Estela Domínguez y especialmente su padre con quien compartí pelotón en mis primeros años. DEP.February 9, 2023
