Antoine Demoitié
 Demoitié in 2015 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Antoine Demoitié |
| Born | 16 October 1990 Liège, Wallonia, Belgium |
| Died | 27 March 2016 (aged 25) Lille, Hauts-de-France, France |
| Team information | |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Professional teams | |
| 2010 | Lotto–Bodysol (stagiaire) |
| 2011 | Lotto–Bodysol–Pôle Continental Wallon |
| 2012 | Idemasport–Biowanze |
| 2013–2015 | Wallonie-Bruxelles |
| 2016 | Wanty–Groupe Gobert[1] |
Antoine Demoitié (16 October 1990 – 27 March 2016) was a Belgian cyclist, who rode professionally between 2011 and his death in 2016.[2]
Death[]
Following Demoitié's death, his Wanty–Groupe Gobert team placed this tribute (pictured at the 2016 Tour of Britain) onto their team vehicles.
At the age of 25, Demoitié crashed on 27 March 2016 when he went down in a pile-up of several cyclists and was then hit by a motorcycle in the Gent–Wevelgem road race. He died that evening in the hospital.[3]
Major results[]
- 2012
- 1st Stage 2b Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux
- 3rd Overall Triptyque Ardennais
- 1st Stage 3
- 3rd Gooikse Pijl
- 5th De Vlaamse Pijl
- 6th La Côte Picarde
- 7th Overall Carpathian Couriers Race
- 1st Stages 2 & 3
- 9th Memorial Van Coningsloo
- 2013
- 2nd Grote Prijs Stad Geel
- 3rd Ronde Pévéloise
- 4th Ronde van Noord-Holland
- 9th Zuid Oost Drenthe Classic I
- 10th Polynormande
- 10th Druivenkoers Overijse
- 2014
- 1st Tour du Finistère
- 2nd Omloop van het Waasland
- 4th Handzame Classic
- 6th Grand Prix Pino Cerami
- 7th Grote Prijs Jef Scherens
- 7th Paris–Bourges
- 2015
- 1st Wanzele Koerse
- 2nd Grote Prijs Stad Zottegem
- 2nd Handzame Classic
- 3rd Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise
- 4th Cholet-Pays de Loire
- 7th Halle–Ingooigem
- 7th Grand Prix Pino Cerami
- 9th Omloop van het Waasland
- 10th Overall Circuit des Ardennes
- 1st Stage 4
- 2016
- 2nd Dorpenomloop Rucphen
See also[]
- List of professional cyclists who died during a race
References[]
- ^ "Stenuit and Demoitié join Wanty–Groupe Gobert". Cube Bikes. 23 September 2015. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 29 September 2015.
- ^ "Antoine Demoitié". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
- ^ "Belgian rider Antoine Demoitié dies in hospital after Ghent-Wevelgem crash". Cycling Weekly. 27 March 2016.
External links[]
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Antoine Demoitié. |
- Antoine Demoitié at Cycling Archives
- Antoine Demoitié at CQ Ranking
- Antoine Demoitié at ProCyclingStats
Categories:
- 1990 births
- 2016 deaths
- Sportspeople from Liège
- Belgian male cyclists
- Cyclists killed while racing
- Sport deaths in France