Antoine Demoitié

Antoine Demoitié
Demoitié at the Grote Prijs Jef Scherens in Leuven, Belgium, 2015
Personal information
Full nameAntoine Demoitié
Born(1990-10-16)16 October 1990
Liège, Wallonia, Belgium
Died27 March 2016(2016-03-27) (aged 25)
Lille, Hauts-de-France, France
Team information
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Professional teams
2010Lotto–Bodysol (stagiaire)
2011Lotto–Bodysol–Pôle Continental Wallon
2012Idemasport–Biowanze
2013–2015Wallonie-Bruxelles
2016Wanty–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

References

  1. ^ "Stenuit and Demoitié join Wanty–Groupe Gobert". Cube Bikes. 23 September 2015. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 29 September 2015.
  2. ^ "Antoine Demoitié". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
  3. ^ "Belgian rider Antoine Demoitié dies in hospital after Ghent-Wevelgem crash". Cycling Weekly. 27 March 2016.
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