Muriel Furrer: UCI retire number as Britain’s Hudson wins

Meanwhile, cycling’s world governing body the UCI announced it will retire the number 84 from women’s junior competition at the road worlds. It was assigned to Muriel Furrer, who died of a head injury following a crash during the women’s junior road race a year ago today in Switzerland.Organisers were unaware Furrer had crashed and the Swiss was reportedly only discovered an hour and a half later by a course marshal. The investigation into Furrer’s death by the Zurich Public Prosecutor’s office is still ongoing.BBC Sport has contacted the office for comment. The UCI’s president David Lappartient said: “The death of Muriel Furrer, a promising young rider with a bright future ahead of her, during our UCI Road and Para-cycling Road World Championships last year, cast a shadow of mourning over the event and the entire cycling community. “One year later to the day, our thoughts are still with her, her loved ones, and her Federation, Swiss Cycling. “To pay tribute to Muriel, the UCI has decided that the race number she wore during the event will no longer be assigned in the Women Junior road race at the UCI World Championships for road cycling.”



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