Rohan Dennis, time trial cycling world champion in 2018 and 2019was arrested in Australia after investigators named him as the prime suspect in the death of his wife, Melissa Hoskins, who was also a former professional cycling player.
According to Australian media, Hoskins He died after being hit by a truck in front of his house and after being taken to the hospital he could not be saved.
Rohanwhich definitely ended its contract on December 31 with the Jumbo-Visma To begin his new phase as a retired cyclist, he is arrested and accused of killing his wife by dangerous driving. It’s him The former biker has been released before appearing in the Adelaide Magistrates Court next March.
The Australian, a time trial specialist, stood for the first time in the BMC team (2014-2019), a team with which he won two stages of the Tours of France, Italy and Spain, three of the Tour of Switzerland and the Tirreno-Adriatico and his first world time trial title in 2018, which he repeated the following year. At BMC they still wanted to make Dennis a grand tour cyclist, but he didn’t break out like that and was more defined as someone who would fish some stages and help his teammates.
Last February, Dennis announced that 2023 would be his last year in professional cycling. He did so through a letter in which he thanked his wife Melissa for her support: “Thank you, Melissa Dennis, for supporting me throughout my professional career, for creating the best children I could ask for. Cycling, you have given me a lot and I will be forever grateful. I still have a long time left , but will undoubtedly be my last as a professional ”.
Source: La Verdad
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