A tragedy has befallen the Biking world and ultimately the sporting world with Italian rider Andrea Antonelli sent to the afterlife by the sport he loves so much in Moscow.
The 25-year-old was taking part in the first of two planned World Supersport series races, which went ahead despite torrential rain.
Extreme wet weather took to the Moscow Raceway during the World Superbike opening race causing chaos among the teams. The Supersport race and subsequent WSBK event were cancelled so bad was the weather.
The violent incident involving Antonelli took place approaching the final corner with fellow Italian Lorenzo Zanetti.
Antonelli had fallen from his bike and with the spray, Zanetti had nowhere to go and collected the unfortunate Italian.
The deceased had competed in 22 World Supersport races up until this weekend and graduated from the 600 and 1000 Stock category.
American Kenny Noyes wrote on Twitter: “I was about 20 yards behind Zanetti & after the impact I went right in between both bikes. It was a terrible accident. RIP Andrea Antonelli”
Antonelli’s death joins a number of other high profile motorsport incidents that have resulted in death this year.
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