- List of professional cyclists who died during a race
This is a list of professional cyclists who died during a race, most of them because of a fall. Not all of them died immediately; many were brought to a hospital and died there afterwards because of the wounds caused by the fall.
*1930s
**Francisco Cepeda ,Spain ,Tour de France , 1935
**André Raynaud ,France , 1937
*1940s
*1950s
**Camille Danguillaume , France,French National Cycling Championship , 1950
**Serse Coppi ,Italy ,Tour of Piedmont , 1951
**Stan Ockers ,Belgium , a track race inAntwerp , 1956
**Russell Mockridge ,Australia , Tour of Gippsland, 1958
*1960s
**Knud Enemark Jensen ,1960 Summer Olympic Games , 1960
**Tom Simpson ,United Kingdom , Tour de France, 1967
**José Samyn , France, a small race in Belgium, 1969
*1970s
**Jean-Pierre Monseré , Belgium,GP Retie , 1971
**Manuel Galera , Spain,Tour of Andalusia , 1972
**Juan Manuel Santisteban , Spain,Giro d'Italia , 1976
*1980s
**Joaquim Agostinho ,Portugal , during theTour of Algarve in 1984
**Emilio Ravasio , Italy, Giro d'Italia, 1986
**Michelle Goffin , Belgium,Tour du Haut-Var , 1987
**Vicente Mata , Belgium,Trofeo Luis Puig , 1987
**Connie Meijer ,Netherlands , criterium in the Netherlands, 1988
*1990s
**Fabio Casartelli , Italy,Tour de France , 1995
**José Antonio Espinosa , Spain, a race inFuenlabrada , 1996
**Manuel Sanroma , Spain,Volta a Catalunya , 1999
*2000s
**Saúl Morales , Spain,Tour of Argentina , 2000
**Nicole Reinhart ,United States ,Arlington Circuit Race , 2000
**Andrei Kivilev ,Kazakhstan ,Paris-Nice , 2003
**Juan Barrero ,Colombia ,Tour of Colombia , 2004
**Tim Pauwels , Belgium, acyclo-cross race in Belgium, 2004
**Alessio Galletti , Italy,Subida al Naranco , 2005
**Isaac Gálvez , Spain,Six Days of Ghent , 2006
**Bruno Neves , Portugal,Clássica de Amarante , 2008The following cyclists did not die during a race, but during training or another reason related to cycling:
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Adolphe Heliére , France. Drowned while swimming during a rest day of the Tour de France, 1910
*Ottavio Bottecchia , Italy,14 June 1927 . Found by the side of the road with bruises and serious skull fracture, possibly the result of a serious fall.
*Antonio Martín , Spain. He was killed by a truck while training nearMadrid , 1994
*Beryl Burton , United Kingdom. Heart failure,8 May 1996
*Anders Nilsson , Sweden, 2000. National team member inTriathlon , professional. Died when hit by a car during bicycle training.
*Ricardo Otxoa , Spain. He was hit by a car during a training together with his brother Javier, who survived, 2001
*Lauri Aus ,Estonia . Hit by a car on his way to theEstonian National Cycling Championship , 2003
*Stive Vermaut , Belgium. Stopped professional cycling in 2002 because of heart problems. Had a heart attack during a recreational ride in 2004 and died a few weeks later.
*Amy Gillett , Australia. Head-on collision with a car in Germany on18 July ,2005 , while training with her squad.
*Scott Peoples , Australia. Struck from behind and killed on a training ride in December 2006 in Victoria.
*Luke Harrop , Australia. Struck by a car and killed on the Gold Coast, Brisbane, Australia in 2002 on a training ride. The driver did not stop.
*Ryan Cox , South Africa. Burst artery in leg on1 August ,2007 , shortly after surgery.
*Ben Mikic , Australia. Struck by a car while on a training ride in April 2007 in Sydney, Australiaee also
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Curse of the Rainbow Jersey
*Madonna del Ghisallo
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