{"id":117232,"date":"2026-04-24T11:26:06","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T15:26:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/colombian-cyclist-cristian-munoz-dies-after-accident-in-france\/"},"modified":"2026-04-24T11:26:06","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T15:26:06","slug":"colombian-cyclist-cristian-munoz-dies-after-accident-in-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nationals\/colombian-cyclist-cristian-munoz-dies-after-accident-in-france\/","title":{"rendered":"Colombian cyclist Cristian Mu\u00f1oz dies after accident in France"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Colombian Cyclist Cristian Camilo Mu\u00f1oz Dies<\/h2>\n\nBogot\u00e1 \u2013 The cycling world mourns the loss of Colombian Cristian Camilo Mu\u00f1oz, 30 years old, who belonged to the Nu Colombia team. The athlete died in Oviedo, Spain, where he was receiving medical attention after an accident in a competition in France.\n\nThe Nu Colombia team announced that Mu\u00f1oz died due to &#8220;medical complications arising from the accident&#8221; that occurred last Saturday during the Tour du Jura.\n\nAfter the fall, Mu\u00f1oz was initially treated at a medical center for a left knee injury. Subsequently, upon arriving in Oviedo, an infection was detected that required specialized care. Despite medical efforts, his health deteriorated, and he passed away on Friday morning.\n\nCristian Camilo Mu\u00f1oz, born March 20, 1996 in Ventaquemada, Boyac\u00e1, joined the Nu Colombia team in 2024. Throughout his career, he obtained stage victories in several races in Colombia and was mountain champion in the Cl\u00e1sico RCN.\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<p>&#8220;Those who knew him remember him as a close person, always generous with his colleagues and with a sporting spirit that inspired those around him.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n<cite>Nu Colombia Team<\/cite>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Colombian Cyclist Cristian Camilo Mu\u00f1oz Dies Bogot\u00e1 \u2013 The cycling world mourns the loss of Colombian Cristian Camilo Mu\u00f1oz, 30 years old, who belonged to the Nu Colombia team. The athlete died in Oviedo, Spain, where he was receiving medical attention after an accident in a competition in France. The Nu Colombia team announced that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":117233,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[997],"tags":[742,8855,708,684],"class_list":{"0":"post-117232","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nationals","8":"tag-accident","9":"tag-cyclist","10":"tag-death","11":"tag-france"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117232","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117232"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117232\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/117233"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}