Death
Tondo was killed after being apparently trapped between his own garage door and car, and crushed by the door, while preparing his bicycle for a ride. Teammate Beñat Intxausti was with him at the time of the accident.
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Famous quotes containing the word death:
“Hunger shall make thy modest zone
And cheat fond death of all but bone—”
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“And yet the sun pardons our voices still,
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