During the first kilometres of the Gp Lugano, the German Christina Jewelry rider hit a curve wide as the peloton was about to cross a bridge, crashing his bike against a railing and flying over a cliff covered with rocks. After his 12 metres fall, the rider, who never lost his consciousness, was rescued by a boat from the organization and taken to hospital. Miraculously, the initial x-rays revealed that he had suffered no fractures.

Further examinations will be needed before the rider is released from hospital.

According to the race organisers, this is the first time that any rider has suffered such a crash and subsequent free fall into the lake.