“It is with immense sadness that we learned of the death of our teammate and friend, the young Tomás Walsh, in France”. In a short message broadcast on its social networks, the Comeragh cycling club, an Irish town, announces the death of this 25 -year -old young man, passing through Paris and in the direction of Mont Ventoux to attend the 16th stage of the Tour de France on Mont Ventoux.
According to the Comeragh Cycling Club, quoted by The Irish Independent, the young bicycle fan, would have fallen on the tracks of a Paris metro station and would have been electrocuted on Monday morning. To confirm this, “without there is no element at this stage to suspect an offense”, an investigation in search of the causes of death has been opened, indicates the Paris prosecutor’s office. The drama took place on the metro tracks of the Grands boulevards station ”(Paris IXE).
“A great character”
“We are upset by this news,” writes the cycling club in a message posted on Tuesday on Facebook. “What good memories of shopping with him. We were fighting to death before laughing, recalls another teammate. A great character full of fun. »»
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According to his club, Tomás had joined them as a teenager and had a great success by bicycle, both among juniors and seniors “.
