The Zurich
World Championships were marked by the death of
Muriel Furrer in the women's junior road race and the time that it took for the Swiss rider to receive medical attention comes as a huge concern for the riders and is a reason for huge criticism. As the days pass, more details are known about the crash.
Without any known witnesses, no GPS transmitters and no race radio, Furrer's crash was completely missed by race staff. Swiss newspaper Blick has since that day been cautiously analysing and fitting the pieces of the puzzle together to understand what has happened; and report that the crash must've happened at around 11:03h; but Furrer's crash site was only found at 12:33h after the race had already ended. The helicopter transporting Furrer to the hospital in Zurich would take off from the site at 12:32, arriving only three minutes later to the hospital.
