The loss of life of 19-year-old Sara Piffer in Italy has sparked profound unhappiness but additionally anger after one more younger bike owner was killed in a collision with a automotive whereas out coaching. Official Italian statistics present that 204 cyclists died on the roads in 2024.
“We have got to cease this bloodbath,” former Giro d’Italia and Classics winner Francesco Moser, who lives in the identical village close to Trento because the Piffer household, informed Tuttobiciweb.
“It is unacceptable. There are far too many tragedies on the roads, far too many deaths. We have got to do one thing.”
In line with preliminary studies, Piffer was driving on a straight highway close to Trento together with her brother when a automotive coming in the other way overtook one other automobile however allegedly struggled to see the 2 cyclists as a result of solar.
Piffer was evacuated by helicopter, however died in hospital because of her accidents. Her funeral will probably be held on Monday.
“They requested me to decide on the garments for my daughter’s funeral, I picked a biking jersey she received final 12 months,” her mom Marianna informed the Italian newspaper La Repubblica.
“It has ‘winner’ on the entrance and she or he devoted that success to Matteo Lorenzi, who was killed final 12 months. Sara was at all times a winner for me however she died within the arms of her brother.
“Earlier than she went out coaching, I informed her to watch out. She replied: “The others need to watch out round us cyclists as a result of they do not perceive the dangers they take.'”
Piffer’s brother Christan in some way solely suffered minor accidents however witnessed the incident.
“I heard a noise, I seemed again, then ran to my sister however there was nothing I might do,” he stated.
“At first I used to be indignant with the driving force, then I noticed that they have been scared and ashamed.”
Piffer was a part of the Mendelspeck Continental girls’s group. She received U23 Giornata Nazionale Rosa – GP Città di Corridonia in 2024 and was fourth place in a group time trial occasion on the Italian Nationwide al Championships. In 2023 she was sixth within the time trial and eighth on the Italian Junior Nationwide Championships
