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The races will go on. That was the message from the UCI and the Zürich World Championships organising committee after a dark day in the Swiss city which saw the death of Swiss junior rider Muriel Furrer announced.

The 18-year-old died following a crash in the junior women’s road race on Thursday, in which she sustained a “serious head injury”. The incident took place on the Zürich city circuit, which will be tackled by both elite road races this weekend.

“It’s obviously a very sad day for everyone involved in this World Championships,” Olivier Senn, the deputy manager of the local organising committee of the Zürich Worlds said at a press conference on Friday afternoon. “We cannot imagine how it must feel for the family and friends and former colleagues at Swiss cycling. We express our sincere condolences to family, friends, and everyone involved.

There was nothing to add on the circumstances around the fatal crash, Senn said, with an investigation open by the public prosecutor and the police. Despite reports in the Swiss press on the nature of the accident and response, he said: “We have no secured information for the time being. Everything out there is rumours. Please use facts and not rumours.” The location of the incident could not be confirmed.

Extra marshals have been added to the course. “We have looked at the situation which happened yesterday, we have slightly amended the staff on site, especially because in the afternoon when it started raining again, we didn’t know if this impacted the accident,” Senn explained. “We believe we always do the maximum for the safety and security of the riders. The downhill was looked at again today with the rain.”

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