Isaac Galvez died on Sunday in Belgium after colliding with Dimitri De Fauw and railings during the Six Days in Gent.

"His injuries were so serious he died on the way to the hospital," race promoter Rob Discart told Belgian Sporza radio.

Discart immediatly stopped the race and decided that it would not be continued on Sunday. The final day of the Gent Sixdays has now been cancelled "out of respect of Galvez, his family and the other riders" Discart added.

Sixdays legend and race director in Gent, Patric Sercu said:"It was a crash like many others occure during every race: two riders who touched each other a bit, but this time it happened with a fatal ending. He crashed against the railing on the outside of the track and died due to internal bleedings. Galvez was a good rider and as a person he was a quiet and calm guy."

Eddy Merckx who had a dangerous crash during a track race in 1969 as his pacemaker died, said: "I had a little chat with Galvez on Wednesday morning. When than you hear in the morning that the guy died it hits you hard.  Fate has hit brutally and suddenly. A rider can crash ten times without getting hurt."

"It's a tragedy that the sport seems to be suffering so much bad news," said Fulgencio Sanchez, the president of the Spanish Cycling Federation.

Sanchez continued by saying: "When he won gold with Llaneras in Bordeaux we were all celebrating together. This is terribly bad news."

Isaac Galves was born on May 20, 1975 in Vilonava i la Geltru, a city near Barcelona. The Catalan rider became professional in the year 2000 and was signed by the Kelme squad. Galvez stayed with Kelme until the end of the 2003 season and than moved to Illeas Balears, which was renamed to Caisse d'Epargne in 2006.

In his first season as a pro (2000) Galvez won the Clásica de Almería and the sixdays of Grenoble. In 2001 he won the second stage of the GP Mosqueteiros - Rota do Marquês (Portugal) and the second stage of the Volta ao Alentejo (Portugal). In 2002 the sprinter won the Trofeo Mallorca  and the Trofeo Palma and achieved lots of other good results like a second spot in the 15th stage of the Giro d'Italia. In 2003 Galvez defended his title at the Trofeo Mallorca and also won the Trofeo Alcudia, other good results in 2003 were a second spot in the 6th stage of the Giro d'Italia and a second spot at the Trofeo Luis Puig. In 2004 Galvez won the third stage of the Setmana Catalana de Ciclismo and the 7th stage of the Volta Ciclista a Catalunya. In 2005 he won the first stage of the Criterium Inernational and he grabbed another second spot at a stage of the Giro d'Italia. The past season was the most succesful season of Galvez, he won the Trofeo Mallorca, the Trofeo Alcudia and the fifth stage of the four days of Dunkerque. Galvez also achieved a second spot on the fourth stage of the Tour de France.

Together with his partner Juan Llaneras Rossello, Isaac Galvez won the 2006 Madison world championships. It was the second time the pair became world champion after winning the title in 1999 (as Galvez wasn't even a pro). In 2000 and 2001 Galvez and Llaneras won the silver medal in the madison discipline at the world championships. A few weeks ago Galvez became second at the Sixdays of Amsterdam and before yesterdays fatal crash Galvez was second (with his track race partner Llaneras) at the Sixdays in Gent.