The couple had married in Australia in 2018 after being long-time worldwide team-mates for the Australian nationwide biking squad.
Dennis, 33, introduced his retirement from biking final 12 months following a profession that included stage wins within the Tour de France, Giro d’Italia and Vuelta a Espana, in addition to victories on the earth time-trial championships in each 2018 and 2019.
He had additionally received respective silver and bronze medals on the 2012 and 2021 Olympics and, maybe most famously inside the sport, set a world report in 2015 for the space cycled in a single hour.
When he introduced his retirement, Dennis had singled out Hoskins for the half she performed in his profession. “Thanks Melissa Dennis for supporting me all through my complete skilled profession, all whereas elevating two of the very best children I may ever ask for,” he wrote.
Hoskins, who retired herself in 2017, was a part of the Australia group that received the 2015 world group pursuit and solely missed out on an Olympic medal in 2012 by 0.18 seconds.
CPA Girls, the worldwide affiliation of ladies cyclists, mentioned it was “shocked” by the information of Hoskins’ demise. “We ship our ideas to those that love her, beginning along with her youngsters, and had been fortunate sufficient to trip along with her throughout an all-too-short life,” mentioned an announcement.
South Adelaide Police mentioned that Hoskins’s demise was the 114th life misplaced on their roads this 12 months, in comparison with 71 final 12 months.