Giro stage three should have been a mundane day for the peloton. \u00a0A cat 3 climb summiting with about 39K to go, then descending down to a cat 4 climb with 9K to the finish. \u00a0Easy day, right?<\/p>\n

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Sadly, tragedy struck on the descent<\/a> of that Cat 3. \u00a0Wouter Weylendt, Belgian fast man racing for Leopard Trek, crashed due to, what race officials said “his left pedal got stuck in a wall at the side\u00a0of the road, forcing Weylandt to tumble around 60 meters to the ground below.)” \u00a0He was attended to by race doctors, but\u00a0died on the scene from the injuries sustained in the crash. \u00a0It's a terribly sad event that overshadowed a great stage of racing, and will no doubt cast a pallor over the next few days of the race.<\/p>\n

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Thoughts, prayers and best wishes go out to Leopard Trek, Wouter's family, and his wife and unborn child. \u00a0At least you all know that he passed doing what he loved; racing his bike in the heat of competition, at the very tip top level of the sport.<\/p>\n

It's a sick twist of fate that just a year ago tomorrow, Wouter won stage 3 of the 2010 Giro:<\/p>\n

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That's how we'll remember you. \u00a0Go in peace, protect your fellow cyclists from somewhere high above.<\/p>\n

Asato m\u0101 sad gamaya
\nTamaso m\u0101 jyotir gamaya
\nM\u1e5btyorm\u0101 am\u1e5btam gamaya
\nAum \u015b\u0101nti \u015b\u0101nti \u015b\u0101nti\u1e25<\/p>\n

From ignorance, lead me to truth;
\nFrom darkness, lead me to light;
\nFrom death, lead me to immortality
\nAum peace, peace, peace<\/p>\n

May all be good.<\/p>\n

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Everyone…be safe out there. \u00a0You never know how precarious life is.<\/p>\n

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