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Monday, June 30, 2008

Gila Tour Crash Leads to Catastrophic Injury Fund for Cyclists


Associated Press
      Rock Racing owner Michael Ball is creating a professional cycling catastrophic injury fund.
    And the edgy fashion magnate and former bike racer is challenging other teams to join him in his latest pursuit.
    Ball won't reveal his personal contribution.
    But he says it's in the hundreds of thousands and that he'd like to see the fund collect 20 million dollars during the next two years.
    Ball says cyclists deserve to be treated in such a way that, at the very least, they have some basic insurance.
    He says he developed the idea for the fund after seeing Mexico's Fausto Munoz Esparza crash during a downhill portion of the Tour of the Gila in New Mexico earlier this year.
    The crash left Esparza paralyzed from his waist down.
   

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