Former MotoGP champion Nicky Hayden
died of his injuries at Cesena's Bufalini Hospital on Monday
after a cycling accident in Italy last week, the hospital said.
The 2006 MotoGP champ was 35.
The Kentuckian rider, who had joined the Superbike circuit
last year, went through the windscreen of a car that hit him
while he was training at Misano Adriatico on Wednesday,
suffering severe brain damage and abdominal injuries.
"Infinite sadness," Giovanni Malagò, the president of Italian
Olympic Committee CONI, said via Twitter.
"Honour to the great #Hayden, star of motorcycling. R.I.P."
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