Mourning in Colombian cycling. This Sunday June 4 while he was doing his training, the cyclist Germán Chaves, He was hit by a truck along with his father. The Team Sistecredito rider died at the scene. According to the authorities’ report, the driver of the cargo vehicle would have had a microsleep.
The events occurred on the Tunja – Bogotá highway between the municipalities of Choconta and Villapinzon. Chaves was a 28-year-old runner who had been in teams like: Coldeportes-Zenu-Claro and EPM-Scott. His father was transferred to the La Sabana Clinic in Chía. but later he passed away. A harsh tragedy for Colombian cycling that continues to have to deal with recklessness on the road by various drivers.
Germán Chavés achieved victories and important places. He was third in the youth classification in the 2014 Vuelta a Colombia; third in the youth classification in the Tour de San Luis in Argentina, in 2015; runner-up in the Under-23 category of the time trial in the 2017 Route Nationals, and that same year he won the first stage of the Tour of Youth that ended in Riosucio. He had recently finished third in the Vuelta a Boyacá.
Condolence message from the FCC and Team Sistecredito
Chaves’s team was the first to speak out before the fact and to send condolences to the entire family of the runner. “Today the goal is not the path. Today the triumphs are not worth it. Today only life is worth it! We deeply regret the death of our cyclist Germán Chaves, who was hit by a vehicle in training today, Sunday.”
Later, the Colombian Cycling Federation, He also sent an emotional message remembering Germán Chaves. ‘Chavito’ leaves us with a deep void, and he will always be remembered for his professionalism, kindness, simplicity and nobility. On behalf of the great cycling family, our deepest condolences and our message of solidarity for his mother, his brothers, his wife, daughter and other relatives, friends, teammates Sistecrédito and coaches, in this difficult moment”.
