Spanish cyclist Isaac Gálvez dies after crash in Ghent, Belgium
{{date|November 27, 2006}}
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World Madison champion {{w|Isaac Gálvez|Isaac Gálvez Lopez}} died in the early hours of Sunday morning after crashing on the fifth day of the {{w|Six Days of Ghent}} track cycling race.

He collided with [[Belgium]]'s Dimitri DeFauw during the second Madison of the evening and hit a metal barrier. He was immediately knocked unconscious, and despite being resuscitated, he was pronounced dead at the Gent University Clinic hospital.

The race was immediately suspended, and the final day's racing was cancelled.

At the time of the accident, Gálvez and team-mate {{w|Juan Llaneras}} were lying second in the overall standings, one lap behind the Belgium/{{w|German}} pair {{w|Iljo Keisse}} and {{w|Robert Bartko}}.

==Sources==
*{{source|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2006/nov06/nov26news2|title=Spanish sprinter, Isaac Gálvez crashes hard at Gent Six Day, dies on way to hospital|author=Laura Weislo|pub=cyclingnews.com|date=November 26, 2006}}
*{{source|url=http://www.procycling.com/news.aspx?ID=2547|title=Galvez dies at Gent Six|author=|pub=procycling.com|date=November 26, 2006}}
*{{source|url=http://www.cyclingpost.com/rider/article_003840.shtml|title=Soenen clears Gent six-day organization|author=Jeroen Michiels|pub=cylcingpost.com|date=November 27, 2006}}
*{{source|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2006/nov06/nov27news2|title=Gent Six Day ends in "nightmare"|author=Hedwig Kröner|pub=cyclingnews.com|date=November 27, 2006}}
*{{source|url=http://www.cbc.ca/cp/sports/061126/s112619A.html|title=Spanish world track cycling champion dies after crash in Belgium|author=Canadian Press|pub=CBC News|date=November 26, 2006}}

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[[es:Fallece el ciclista español Isaac Gálvez en Bélgica a causa de una caída]]
[[fr:Belgique : le cycliste Gálvez meurt accidentellement lors des « 6 jours de Gand »]]
World Madison champion Isaac Gálvez Lopez died in the early hours of Sunday morning after crashing on the fifth day of the  track cycling race.

He collided with Belgium's Dimitri DeFauw during the second Madison of the evening and hit a metal barrier. He was immediately knocked unconscious, and despite being resuscitated, he was pronounced dead at the Gent University Clinic hospital.

The race was immediately suspended, and the final day's racing was cancelled.

At the time of the accident, Gálvez and team-mate German pair Robert Bartko.

es:Fallece el ciclista español Isaac Gálvez en Bélgica a causa de una caída
fr:Belgique : le cycliste Gálvez meurt accidentellement lors des « 6 jours de Gand »
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