June 16 (Reuters) - Swiss rider Gino Mader has died after crashing into a ravine on the descent towards the finish line in Thursday's stage five of the Tour de Suisse, his team Bahrain Victorious said on Friday. Mader, 26, crashed on the descent towards La Punt and fell into a ravine where he was found unresponsive by the race doctor and resuscitated before being air-lifted to hospital. In a Bahrain Victorious statement, team managing director Milan Erzen said: "We are devastated by the loss of our exceptional cyclist, Gino Mader. Mader joined the Bahrain Victorious team in 2021 and won a stage of the Giro d'Italia that year. Stage five of the Tour de Suisse had raised some eyebrows in the peloton because of its fast descent near the finish.

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Persons: Gino Mader, Bahrain Victorious, Gino couldn't, Mader, Magnus Sheffield, Milan Erzen, Erzen, Gino, Remco Evenepoel, Martyn Herman, Rohith Nair, Toby Davis Organizations: Tour de Suisse, Bahrain, La, Ineos Grenadiers, Bahrain Victorious, CPA, Twitter, Thomson Locations: Swiss, Chur, La Punt, Bahrain, Espana, London, Bengaluru