 During the descent of the third @-@ category Passo del Bocco in stage 3 , Weylandt crashed and suffered catastrophic injury . Race doctor Giovanni Tredici and the doctor for the Garmin – Cervélo team were in cars very near Weylandt 's group on the road , and administered cardiopulmonary resuscitation for approximately 40 minutes . Doctors also gave Weylandt adrenaline and atropine to try to restart his heart , though Tredici stated after the fact that resuscitation efforts were rather clearly in vain , and that Weylandt was already dead by the time they got to him . They were never able to revive the Belgian , and he was declared dead on the spot . A short time later , Weylandt 's body was airlifted off the descent and taken to a nearby hospital , where the pathologist conducting the autopsy concluded that the Belgian had sustained a basilar skull fracture , and had died immediately upon crashing . Weylandt 's death was the first at the Giro in 25 years , and the first at one of cycling 's Grand Tours since Fabio Casartelli died during the 1995 Tour de France . 
