Claude Criquielion

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Claude Criquielion (2014)

Claude Criquielion (born January 11, 1957 in Lessines , † February 18, 2015 in Aalst ) was a Belgian cyclist and road world champion from 1984. After his active career, he worked as a sports director and team manager. He died of a stroke .

biography

Criquielion began his professional career in 1979 with the Belgian cycling team Kas-Campagnolo . By the end of his career in 1991, he was victorious in 57 races .

His greatest success was winning the title at the professional world championships in Barcelona in 1984 , where he crossed the finish line 14 seconds ahead of Claudio Corti . The attempt to repeat this success failed at the World Championships in Ronse in 1988 , when he collided with Steve Bauer in a three-man leading group shortly before the finish , so that Maurizio Fondriest, who was not involved in the fall, became world champion. Criquielion, who only finished eleventh as a result of the fall, sued Bauer unsuccessfully over the incident.

Criquielion competed in the Tour de France every year between 1979 and 1990 and was able to finish the tour eleven times, including five times in the top ten. His best placement came in fifth on the Tour de France in 1986 . He achieved the best placements in the other Grand Tours as third in the Vuelta a España in 1980 and seventh in the Giro d'Italia in 1989 .

Criquielion was also successful with the classics . In 1987 he won the cobblestone race Tour of Flanders and in 1985 and 1989 the hilly Walloon Arrow .

For the 2000 season he took over the post of sports director at Team Lotto , where he stayed until the end of the 2004 season. In 2005 he became the sporting director of the Belgian team Landbouwkrediet-Colnago , where his son Mathieu was also employed as a cyclist.

Criquielon died on February 18, 2015 of complications from a stroke . His family agreed to donate organs.

successes

1979

1982

1983

1984

1985

1986

1987

1988

1989

1990

  • Belgian champion - road race

Grand Tour placements

Grand Tour 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990
Golden jersey Vuelta a España - 3 - DNF - - - - - - - -
Maglia Rosa Giro d'Italia - - - - - - - - - - 7th -
Yellow jersey Tour de France 9 13 9 DNF 18th 9 18th 5 11 14th 36 9
Legend: DNF: did not finish , abandoned or withdrawn from the race due to timeout.

Teams

Web links

Commons : Claude Criquielion  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Claude Criquielion dies aged 58. cyclingnews.com, February 18, 2015, accessed on February 21, 2015 (English).
  2. ^ Lotto wins second stage in three days. cyclingnews.com, accessed February 2015 .
  3. ↑ Claude Criquielion died of complications from a stroke. radsport-news.com, February 18, 2015, accessed February 18, 2015 .
personal data
SURNAME Criquielion, Claude
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belgian cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH January 11, 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH Lessines
DATE OF DEATH February 18, 2015
Place of death Aalst