A hundred cyclists carried out a mobilization to demand guarantees after the accident of the professional athlete Miryam Núñez on Sunday.
A demonstration in Quito demanded this Wednesday (February 16, 2022) greater security for the cyclists on the tracks after accident suffered last Sunday by the Ecuadorian Miryam Nunezrecent signing of the Massi Tactic Women’s Team, from Spain.
Around fifty cyclists gathered at the Tribuna de los Shyris, next to Parque La Carolina (center-north), a place where various sports are practiced, including cycling.
After shouting slogans asking for greater securitythe demonstrators advanced in their bikes to the Historic Center where they displayed posters asking for respect for the cyclists.
After the demonstration, representatives of the participants met with delegates from the mobility secretariat of the Municipality of Quito.
Nunez was hit on Sunday by a vehicle while preparing for the national tournament of cyclingbut “it feels pretty good,” said Santiago Rosero, president of the Ecuadorian Cycling Federation.
The cyclist suffered a accident on a highway near Quito, but his medical evaluation was encouraging: “He had an accident, he does not remember in detail what happened, this usually happens because of the blow,” he added.
The accidentaccording to information from social networks, it happened after a vehicle hit the back of the bike of the Ecuadorian athlete on the highway that leads to the valley of Los Chillos.
For Rosero, reduce accidents like the one suffered by Nunez It requires a comprehensive “policy” that includes training for citizens and, above all, for drivers.
And he pointed out that “disrespect on the roads is not only towards the cyclist professional, but for anyone.
The accident of the cyclist The Ecuadorian also generated the reaction of his colleague Richard Carapaz, who pointed out on Twitter: “Now Ecuador, until when?!”
Nunez27, won the Women’s Vuelta a Colombia in November 2020, and in 2021 she made her debut in the Giro de Toscana, in Italy, representing the Colombian team Liro Alcaldía de La Vega, before joining the Spanish Massi Titanic.
The national tournament cycling It will be held in Quito between February 18 and 20. EFE
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