PromoSport

May 14, 2023

No Comments The 39-year-old experienced rider lost his life on a Lédenon motorcycle circuit near Nîmes. The motorcycle community is very affected. It is a tragic accident that mourns the biker community. Monday, May 8, Vincent Zaragoza, an experienced driver from Côte-d’Or, suffered a violent fall while driving on the Lédenon circuit near Nîmes (Gard), reports the Midi Libre newspaper. According to the newspaper, Vincent Zaragoza snagged the rear wheel of another motorcycle, fell and violently hit a tire chicane. Hospitalized but seriously injured, he died the following day. The death of the 39-year-old pilot, who is very popular in the motorcycle community, has caused a wave of emotion. The tributes are numerous. “After 15 years spent on the circuits our journey ends here”, writes his circuit partner and best friend Sergio. “You practiced your passion with unimaginable fervor and rode off on your iron horse like the warrior you were. A part of me just died with your departure. (…) From up there I see you with the other drivers telling you race or paddock anecdotes as we did every race weekend. watch over us“, he continues. Margaux Wanham, 2018 French champion of the Promosport Cup, also shared her sadness in a message on Facebook. “We had shared some very good years in Promosport and it was a real pleasure to have met you and to have had fun on the Pouilly circuit with you, where you loved to put on the gas!” “Frankly, I wasn’t ready to lose a guy like you, it’s not fair“, writes another motorcycle rider, Aurélien Chevalier, who salutes the “calm and kindness” from the victims. “Today I think of this void that you are going to leave to everyone.“ “Tears and sadness are part of learning your last departure on this murderous circuit of Lédenon“, writes Thibaut Nagorski, also a pilot and “adversary” on several occasions of Vincent Zaragoza. “Together we shared a lot of good times and emotions during my debut in Supersport O3Z and then in Promosport […] to finally share our podiums together and even a title until this last Magny-Cours race in 2015.” “You had the pure passion for our sport with the mentality and fairplay of the best” “I love you mate, we will all miss you“, writes another of his friends, Romain, posting several photos with the pilot, who wore the number 85. Other relatives evoke a man “generous, funny, passionate”. “Today the yellow and black is an orphan”, writes one of his biker friends, in reference to the color of the motorcycle of the missing pilot. Vincent Zaragoza was “a discreet and talented guy. My box neighbor in 2016 at the Bol d’Or. I find it hard to realize”, writes Amandine Creusot, motorcycle rider. The pilot leaves behind his companion and their little boy. Vincent Zaragoza’s funeral will take place next Tuesday, May 16 in Dijon. 2023-05-12 16:35:31