Michele Scarponi RIP

[Scarponi]

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Wow... If that is true then I have no words
http://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/latest-news/scarponi-driver-distracted-video-playing-smartphone-354403

I just don't understand the speed to
Kill
Someone

 

[jsem94]

Incredibly sad. A vehicle is a potentially lethal weapon and such complacency is far too common these days. Texting while driving, watching videos etc. Really terrible.

 

[movingtarget]

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Incredibly sad. A vehicle is a potentially lethal weapon and such complacency is far too common these days. Texting while driving, watching videos etc. Really terrible.

Car driving seems to be, how to get away with things while I am driving. As if car driving did not have enough distractions already. Innocent people suffer the consequences and you have to wonder when sentencing for such incidents will become tougher. It seems that if a bike rider is involved somehow the bike rider has contributed by just being on a bike and on the road. It's ridiculous.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Sad epilogue to this story
reported in the Corriere this morning

http://www.corriere.it/cronache/18_febbraio_13/ancona-morto-un-tumore-l-uomo-che-investi-ciclista-scarponi-59f6c782-109d-11e8-ae74-6fc70a32f18b.shtml

The man who hit the cyclist Scarponi has died from a tumor.
...
Giacconi, 58 years old, today will be buried in the cemetery of Filottrano,
the town in the province of Ancona, a few meters from the tomb of Scarponi.

 

[Velolover2]

A tumor from depression?

58 year old is still a very young age to suddenly die in 2018.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

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A tumor from depression?

58 year old is still a very young age to suddenly die in 2018.

My Italian is based almost entirely on cognates with Spanish, but I don't read it as suggesting that.

But depression would surely affect one's willingness to go through the very draining treatments that cancers require, and to the extent that resolve is considered a key to combating illness, it would undermine that.

All cloud, no silver lining.

 

[RedheadDane]

Rest in Peace.

 

[LaFlorecita]

What a sad situation

 

[Netserk]

Old man no one (here) has any relations to dies of cancer (shocker). Bad for him and those near him, but really, who cares? I'd be forever sad if I were to be affected by tragedies of that significance and that proximity to me. How many are killed or raped globally for every minute?

 

[LaFlorecita]

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Old man no one (here) has any relations to dies of cancer (shocker). Bad for him and those near him, but really, who cares? I'd be forever sad if I were to be affected by tragedies of that significance and that proximity to me. How many are killed or raped globally for every minute?

In the newspaper it says after the incident he had no power to fight the illness anymore. As we're all familiar with the tragic situation (this man was a friend of the Scarponi family) of course it's normal to feel a little sad when reading this.

 

[46&twoWheels]

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Old man no one (here) has any relations to dies of cancer (shocker). Bad for him and those near him, but really, who cares? I'd be forever sad if I were to be affected by tragedies of that significance and that proximity to me. How many are killed or raped globally for every minute?

In the newspaper it says after the incident he had no power to fight the illness anymore. As we're all familiar with the tragic situation (this man was a friend of the Scarponi family) of course it's normal to feel a little sad when reading this.

the shortened version on the GAzzetta site says that the disease (probably cancer) was not responsive to therapy.He discovered the disease few months ago (discovered too late I assume)
It's completely unrelated to Scarponi

It's only an additional sad story piling up on the scarponi's story

 

[huge]

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Old man no one (here) has any relations to dies of cancer (shocker). Bad for him and those near him, but really, who cares? I'd be forever sad if I were to be affected by tragedies of that significance and that proximity to me. How many are killed or raped globally for every minute?

What a tactless useless comment.
As you don't care, than nobody here has to care... very strong logic.

Sometimes people don't know when to keep their mouth shut.

 

[LaFlorecita]

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Old man no one (here) has any relations to dies of cancer (shocker). Bad for him and those near him, but really, who cares? I'd be forever sad if I were to be affected by tragedies of that significance and that proximity to me. How many are killed or raped globally for every minute?

What a tactless useless comment.
As you don't care, than nobody here has to care... very strong logic.

Sometimes people don't know when to keep their mouth shut.

Well said
"Old man" - same age as my father and I would not consider him an old man

 

[Netserk]

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Old man no one (here) has any relations to dies of cancer (shocker). Bad for him and those near him, but really, who cares? I'd be forever sad if I were to be affected by tragedies of that significance and that proximity to me. How many are killed or raped globally for every minute?

What a tactless useless comment.
As you don't care, than nobody here has to care... very strong logic.

Sometimes people don't know when to keep their mouth shut.

How to Disagree

 

[RedheadDane]

Just bumping this up again to say aww!

 

[Serpentin]

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Just bumping this up again to say aww!

Sad they should be raised by their Dad. I think of Scarponi now and then when I ride my bike. It`s quite often you have a close call with cars. Please leave 1,5 meters and don`t stress in traffic.

Macey Stewart made a post about this the other day.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BhV1cJvHaea/?utm_source=ig_embed

 

[SafeBet]

3 years without Michele.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1252919775728189442

View: https://twitter.com/cycling_podcast/status/1252919775728189442?s=20

 

[Mayomaniac]

3 years without Michele.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1252919775728189442

View: https://twitter.com/cycling_podcast/status/1252919775728189442?s=20

Time flies, I still remember how hard it hit me.
I was standing less than 2m away from him at the start of a stage and 3 days later he was gone...

 

[Escarabajo]

Time flies indeed. I can't believe he has been gone 3 years.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Franky, Scarponi's parrot/amico flies again (with Antonio Nibali):

Da Scarponi all'altro Nibali, il volo del pappagallo Franky

Il fedele compagno di Scarponi ha "trovato" Antonio, fratello dello Squalo, che vive a Filottrano. "Mi sono emozionato"

www.gazzetta.it

 

[SafeBet]

5 years without Michele Scarponi.
Still crying when reading through this thread.

We miss you, champion.

 

[Lequack]

5 years without Michele Scarponi.
Still crying when reading through this thread.

We miss you, champion.

I still remember the day it happened. I was watching the Tour of Croatia at the time. And at the next stage after the news broke out it was a very somber mood in the peloton.
Carlton Kirby was commentating that race and he remembered Michele, the Astana team was mourning and so was Nibali, his old teammate of course.

We all miss Michele.

View: https://youtu.be/50lLgtjjF0w

 

[RedheadDane]

Hard to believe it's been five years...

But I actually think the news broke in Croatia the same day. I remember watching stage 5, the ES commentators being convinced Astana had only turned up for the Moment of Silence before the start, then the astonishment when one of them appeared near the front: "They're still here!"

 

[gunara]

I still remember the day it happened. I was watching the Tour of Croatia at the time. And at the next stage after the news broke out it was a very somber mood in the peloton.
Carlton Kirby was commentating that race and he remembered Michele, the Astana team was mourning and so was Nibali, his old teammate of course.

We all miss Michele.

View: https://youtu.be/50lLgtjjF0w

I missed out on the immediate news and also on the Tour of Croatia coverage, so I only found out when watching LBL. Such a heartbreak, such a lovable guy, good man Michele.

 

[SafeBet]

Frankie still cheering for Astana!

https://twitter.com/x/status/1609976067158339584

View: https://twitter.com/AstanaQazTeam/status/1609976067158339584?s=20&t=Fhy7f8e_5dOd-5vkC4U63w