RIP José Maria Jiménez

[MCdread]

One of the gretest climbers of the last decade, together with Pantani and Heras perhaps, has died this weekend at just 32 years old, one and a half years after he abandoned professinal cycling.
We knew he would never win a major Tour, cause he was one of the worst Tome Trialers on Earth, but when the road started to go up, we'd start seeing that thin spaniard in the front of the pack, and when the big mountains came, he'd say bye bye to everyone and either win in style and spectacle or crack monumentally. A cyclist à la old times, the exact opposite of robots Armstrong or Ullrich: when things were well, they were really well, when things were bad, they would end really bad. But because we never knew, we waited and watched, hoping to see José Maria "Chava" Jiménez blowing everyone and being the first on the top.

RIP Chava.

 

[Stapel]

I read the sad news yesterday.

He isn't the first cyclist that dies of a heart attack, just a short while after giving up cycling.

 

[willemvanoranje]

this is sad

 

[MCdread]

Originally posted by Stapel
I read the sad news yesterday.

He isn't the first cyclist that dies of a heart attack, just a short while after giving up cycling.

Yeah, but he was in hospital for almost 2 years, with several physical and psychological problems (he was about to recover from a depression and go home), and I don't know how much the two things might be related...

 

[WildFire]

Damn, I saw some of his stuff and he was damn good.

R.I.P.

 

[jeriko one]

I did not know him before but it is always sad to see former or active sportsmen die.

 

[SanPellegrino]

too bad

 

[Zwelgje]

Sad news...
32 is just too damn young!