Antoine Demoitié

Antoine Demoitié
Personal information
Born (1990-10-16)16 October 1990
Liège, Wallonia, Belgium
Died 27 March 2016(2016-03-27) (aged 25)
Lille, Hauts-de-France, France
Team information
Discipline Road
Role Rider
Professional team(s)
2010 Lotto-Bodysol (stagiaire)
2011 Lotto-Bodysol
2012 Idemasport-Biowanze
2013–2015 Wallonie-Bruxelles
2016 Wanty–Groupe Gobert
Infobox last updated on
28 March 2016

Antoine Demoitié (16 October 1990 – 27 March 2016) was a Belgian cyclist who last rode for Wanty–Groupe Gobert.[1] He joined the team in 2016 after leaving Wallonie-Bruxelles at the end of the 2015 season.[2]

Death

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 hospital.[3]

Major results

2012
Carpathian Couriers Race
1st Stage 2 & 3
1st Stage 2b Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux
3rd Overall Triptyque Ardennais
1st Stage 3
3rd Gooikse Pijl
2013
2nd Grote Prijs Stad Geel
3rd Ronde Pévéloise
2014
1st Tour du Finistère
2nd Omloop van het Waasland
2015
1st Stage 4 Circuit des Ardennes
1st Wanzele Koerse
2nd Grote Prijs Stad Zottegem
2nd Handzame Classic
3rd Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Antoine Demoitié". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
  2. ↑ "Stenuit and Demoitié join Wanty–Groupe Gobert". Cube Bikes. 23 September 2015. Retrieved 29 September 2015.
  3. ↑ "Belgian rider Antoine Demoitié dies in hospital after Ghent-Wevelgem crash". Cycling Weekly. 27 March 2016.

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