There are no culprits for the death of Muriel Furrer, the eighteen-year-old Swiss cyclist who lost her life after falling on the hills of Zurich during the 2024 junior world road cycling championships.

Despite the young cyclist being found approximately 85 minutes after the incident, Swiss prosecutors found no fault on the part of the race organizers.

A year and a half after the tragic accident involving Swiss cyclist Muriel Furrer at the 2024 UCI Road World Championships in Zurich, prosecutors have closed the investigation: the authorities have declared that no involvement of third parties has been established, nor any violation of safety obligations on the course or emergency assistance procedures, therefore there is no criminal offense.

The eighteen-year-old Furrer fell on a descent during the women's junior road race - the first road event of the world championships - without being noticed by race officials, competitors, or staff members, and she fell into a wooded area. Her disappearance was only reported and the search began after the race ended when Swiss national team officials realized she was missing.

According to the prosecutor's investigation, approximately one hour and 25 minutes elapsed between the accident and the discovery of Furrer's body which, from the fall, sustained a severe head trauma and died the following day in the hospital.

According to prosecutors, Furrer lay in the vegetation and was not visible from the road: since the bicycles were not equipped with transponders, the cyclist's absence was not automatically reported. After the accident, the World Championships continued at the request of the family, but safety measures on the course were intensified: in particular, more race commissioners were deployed in the wooded area, the descent was secured with protective barriers around some trees, and a large banner warned cyclists in the wooded section of the left-hand turn.