President of the Swiss Confederation Viola Amherd also offered her condolences on X.
“I am shocked by the death of the young U-19 rider Muriel Furrer after her accident at the Cycling World Championships in Zurich,” she said. “I offer my sincere condolences to her family. My thoughts are with the entire cycling family.”
Furrer is the second Swiss cyclist to have died crashing on home roads in the past two seasons. Gino Mäder suffered a fatal crash at the Tour de Suisse in June 2023. The 26-year-old rider went off the road and crashed down a ravine during a descent and died from his injuries the next day.
“Obviously it is another tragic death,” Senn said. “There is a lot of similarities, similar feelings. Today is about Muriel.”
Reuters and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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