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| Full name | Isaac Gálvez López | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | May 20, 1975 Vilanova i la Geltrú, Spain |
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| Died | November 26, 2006 (aged 31) Ghent, Belgium |
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| Discipline | Road and track | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Rider type | Road: sprinter Track: madison |
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| 2000–2003 2004–2006 |
Kelme-Costa Blanca Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears |
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| Infobox last updated on July 18, 2007 |
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Isaac Gálvez López (May 20, 1975, in Vilanova i la Geltrú, Spain - November 26, 2006, Ghent) was a Spanish track and road racing cyclist who rode for Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears in the UCI ProTour. He died during the Six Days of Ghent cycling event in Belgium after colliding with Dimitri De Fauw and crashing against the railing. He died from internal bleeding. At the time of the accident he was three weeks married.[1][2] After this, De Fauw suffered from depression and he committed suicide on November 6, 2009.
After the second stage of the 2007 edition of the Vuelta a Murcia was cancelled due to strong winds, the organisers dedicated the day's prizes to Gálvez in his memory.[3] Gálvez's sister Débora Gálvez is also a racing cyclist.