He was struck down by a heart attack.
A mountain biker was killed on Sunday during a race organized in the Lot.
The victim, aged 65 and from Cantal, participated in the Béduéroise, named after the town of Béduer where the start took place.
According to
La Dépêche du Midi
, the alert was given around 1 p.m.
The sexagenarian was already in respiratory arrest when he was taken care of and despite a massage of more than 45 minutes, the firefighters and rescuers from the Samu were unable to resuscitate him.
A classic gendarmerie investigation was opened to find the exact causes of the death of this amateur athlete.
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