(Reuters) - American cyclist Chad Young died on Friday evening in hospital in Tucson, Arizona, five days after crashing during the Tour of the Gila, the Axeon Hagens Berman Cycling Team announced on Saturday. Young, 21, suffered severe head injuries in the crash, which occurred at high speed during a mountain descent in New Mexico. I have no words that can express my pain over this loss,” said team manager Axel Merckx, general manager. "The crash itself was really no different or remarkable to any other," Mobius Future Racing general manager Tom Petty told cyclingnews.com. Young, from New Hampshire, in his third year with the Axeon team, was racing his first Tour of the Gila.

Source: The Star April 29, 2017 19:07 UTC