GALVEZ FUNERAL HELD IN SPAIN

Isaac Galvez

Several hundred people gathered in the hometown of Isaac Galvez on Tuesday to pay their last respects to the Spanish rider who died on Saturday night while riding the Ghent Six.

Galvez?s parents, his wife Davinia and many riders and staff from the Caisse d?Epargne team attended the funeral service in the small town of Vilanova i la Geltrú near Barcelona. His body was later taken the local cemetery for cremation.Galvez?s body returned to Spain from Belgium on Monday night after officials completed the necessary legal proceedings. Belgian police are still investigating the accident and have called on anyone with video or photo evidence of the accident to come forward.

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