Michael Goolaerts
Personal information | |
---|---|
Born | Lier, Belgium | 24 July 1994
Died | 8 April 2018 Lille, France | (aged 23)
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) |
Weight | 80 kg (176 lb) |
Team information | |
Discipline | Road |
Role | Rider |
Amateur teams | |
2013 | Verandas Willems (stagiaire) |
2015–2016 | Lotto–Soudal U23 |
2016 | Lotto–Soudal (stagiaire) |
Professional teams | |
2014 | Verandas Willems |
2017–2018 | Vérandas Willems–Crelan |
Michael Goolaerts (Dutch: [ˈɣoːlaːrts]; 24 July 1994 – 8 April 2018) was a Belgian cyclist who rode for Vérandas Willems–Crelan.[1] During the 2018 Paris–Roubaix, Goolaerts suffered cardiac arrest. He was airlifted to a hospital in Lille, where he died hours later.[2][3]
Biography
Goolaerts was born in
He joined the
Goolaerts joined
On 8 April 2018, Goolaerts started in his first Paris–Roubaix. On the second cobbled sector, at Briastre, after 109 km of racing, he suffered cardiorespiratory arrest and lay unresponsive on the ground.[2] He was resuscitated by paramedics and transferred by helicopter to CHRU-Hospital in Lille.[13][14] He died later that evening.[3] An autopsy concluded that he had suffered a cardiac arrest before he fell from his bike.[15]
In May 2018 it was announced that the cobbled section where he crashed would be renamed the "Secteur Pavé Michael Goolaerts" in his honour, and that his family would be invited to unveil a monument at the site of his fall the following month.[14]
Major results
- 2012
- 1st Team sprint, National Junior Track Championships
- 8th Junior Tour of Flanders
- 2015
- 4th Paris–Chauny
- 2016
- 1st Stage 1 Tour du Loir-et-Cher
- 9th Nationale Sluitingprijs
- 2018
- 9th Dwars door West–Vlaanderen
See also
- List of cyclists with a cycling-related death
References
- ^ a b "Michael Goolaerts". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
- ^ a b "Paris-Roubaix: Michael Goolaerts dies after crash". 8 April 2018. Retrieved 8 April 2018 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
- ^ Cyclingnews. Immediate Media Company. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
- ^ Van Den Langenbergh, Guy. "RIP Michael Goolaerts: De dag dat woorden tekort schieten". Het Nieuwsblad (in Dutch). Mediahuis. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
- ^ "Provincial Championship Antwerpen, Road, ITT, Novices, Belgium 2010". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
- ^ "Provincial Championship Antwerpen, Road, ITT, Juniors, Belgium 2011". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
- ^ "National Championship, Track, Team Pursuit, Juniors, Belgium 2012". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
- ^ a b c d e Fletcher, Patrick (9 April 2018). "Michael Goolaerts - Obituary". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
- Cyclingnews. Immediate Media Company. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
- ^ "GP Memorial Briek Schotte - Desselgem". nieuwsblad. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
- ^ "Matteo Trentin wins Paris-Tours from late attack". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
- ^ "2018 Dwars door West-Vlaanderen". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
- ^ "Goolaerts suffers cardiac arrest at Paris-Roubaix". CyclingNews.com. 8 April 2018. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
- ^ a b Robertshaw, Henry (31 May 2018). "Secteur Pavé Michael Goolaerts: Paris-Roubaix remembers fallen rider by renaming cobbled sector". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
- ^ "Goolaerts suffered heart attack before crash: autopsy". AFP. 11 April 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
External links
Media related to Michael Goolaerts at Wikimedia Commons