Julen Goikoetxea, a 21-year-old Basque super-talent, Friday committed suicide. The tragic news broke on Saturday, and since then, almost every Spanish cycling page and newspaper have been focusing on it. Julen Goikoetxea was one of Spanish cycling`s biggest hopes, and had agreed a deal with Euskaltel some time ago. He was supposed to ride for Orbea for one year, before moving to Euskaltel. But Goikoetxea had been suffering from depression for some time, and stopped cycling when he was in treatment. Allegedly, he had tried to take his own life a number of times, but had failed. But on Friday, October the sixth, he jumped from his own balcony and died momentarily. The tragedy has been met with sorrow and disbelief all over Spain, and I, and I´m sure I´m talking for all cycling fans as well, want to extend my condolences to his family and friends.
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