Etienne Fabre death to 20 years in the hope of French cycling

The young rider was victim of a fall in the mountains.
He had a lifetime ahead of him and a promising career. Étienne Fabre trainee rider of the AG2R-World French team in recent months, died Saturday, December 10 at the age of 20 years. The team reports that the young athlete, considered one of the hopes of cycling, was victim of a fall in the Bauges (Alps), while on a hike. The sports daily also says that one of the four friends who accompanied him was seriously injured taking to save him.
Originally from the Aveyron, etienne Fabre had recently joined the team AG2R-World as a trainee rider for the end of the season. Formed in Chambéry, he followed parallel study engineering at the National Institute of Applied Sciences in Lyon.
Hours after the announcement of his death, condolence messages have multiplied on social networks. Riders Romain Bardet – member of the team AG2R la Mondiale and second of the Tour de France won by Chris Froome – Thibaut Pinot and have particularly paid tribute on Twitter in the day of 11 December. ” Stephen, promising runner, determined student. Infinite sadness to see this broken destiny. Hommage “, posted the first ” All my thoughts to the family of Stephen … @ChamberyCF @ AG2RLMCyclisme ” for the second.
The AG2R team also posted a message of support to the relatives of Stephen: ” A lot of sadness this morning upon learning of the death of Etienne FABRE whole team joins the grief of his family and relatives.. ”
November 13, Etienne Fabre had posted a poignant message on his Facebook page after a bicycle accident in which his father had suffered. ” It’s just a week my father had his accident: a bike crash, poor reception and two cervical well messed up the idea of living with a tetraplegic father had never crossed my mind …! yet that idea is now a sad reality hard to take! Fortunately, many of you have sent us messages of support and we are very grateful! I’ll try to give you their news from time to time . I want to remind you that cycling is a beautiful sport but the danger exists! Without his helmet, my father would not be of this world, to meditate for some … “he had shared, to sensitize the wearing of cycle helmets.