ITALY: CYCLING - The father, mother and pregnant wife of Belgian cyclist Wouter Weylandt, killed in an accident in the Giro d'Italia have visited his body lying in a morgue

Record ID: 860257

  • Title: ITALY: CYCLING - The father, mother and pregnant wife of Belgian cyclist Wouter Weylandt, killed in an accident in the Giro d'Italia have visited his body lying in a morgue
  • Date: 11th May 2011
  • Summary: LAVAGNA, ITALY (MAY 10, 2011) (REUTERS) EXTERIOR MORGUE MEDIA WAITING OUTSIDE CARS CARRYING FAMILY ARRIVING MOTHER AND FATHER OF BELGIAN CYCLIST WOUTER WEYLANDT GETTING OUT OF CAR AND ENTERING MORGUE WEYLANDT SISTER GETTING OUT OF CAR AND ENTERING MORGUE WIFE, ANN SOPHIE WAITING OUTSIDE MORGUE WITH FRIEND VARIOUS WIFE AND FRIEND OUTSIDE TEAM MEMBER ENTERING WITH FLOWERS WIFE ANN SOPHIE ENTERING MORGUE WITH FRIEND
  • Embargoed: 26th May 2011 13:00
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  • Location: Italy, Italy
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  • Country: Italy
  • Topics: Disasters / Accidents / Natural catastrophes,Sports
  • Reuters ID: LVA3QQXVY2YLJ1H5JELZK08TR02S
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  • Story Text: The young pregnant wife of Belgian cyclist Wouter Weylandt visited the body of her husband in a morgue in northern Italy on Tuesday (May 10) after he died in a terrible accident in the third stage of the Giro d'Italia.
    Ann Sophie Weylandt, who is due to give birth in September, waited outside the morgue for several minutes with a friend before finding the courage to enter the building for a final glimpse of her husband.
    The cyclist's father, mother and sister also entered along with a team member moments before.
    Riders observed a minute's silence before the fourth stage of the Giro began on Tuesday and a military band played the Last Post, in tribute to the cyclist.
    The eight remaining members of Weylandt's Leopard-Trek team and the leaders of the Giro's four classifications lined up together before the start prior to moving off.
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