Igor Decraene

Igor Decraene

To person
Full name	Igor Decraene
Date of birth	January 26, 1996
date of death	August 30, 2014
nation	Belgium
Societies)
	De Tieltse Rennersclub
Most important successes
Junior time trial world champion 2013
Last updated: August 20, 2014

Igor Decraene (born January 26, 1996 in Waregem , † August 30, 2014 in Zulte ) was a Belgian cyclist .

In 2012 Igor Decraene finished third in the Belgian youth championship in the individual time trial . The following year he became Junior World Champion in time trial in Florence . He also won the renowned French time trial Chrono des Nations in the junior class and became national junior champion in this discipline. The following year he was able to win the Belgian time trial title again. 2014 he had to contend with injuries, however, was for the 2014 UCI Road World Championships in September in Spanish Ponferrada nominated. He was considered one of the most hopeful talents in Belgian cycling, and for 2015 he already had a contract with the Omega Pharma-Quick-Step youth team .

On the night of August 30, 2014, Decraene was run over by a train in Zulte and fatally injured. His club, the Tieltse Rennersclub , announced that Decraene had died in a "serious accident". Belgian media reported, however, the 18-year-old had suicide committed. A toxicological examination revealed that he was heavily drunk at the time of his death. Ultimately, it could not be determined whether the accident was suicide or an accident; Decraene's family, however, ruled out suicide.

At the road world championships that took place three weeks later, the start number one was not awarded in the junior time trial in memory of Decraene. In memory of him, the athletes of the Tieltse Rennersclub will in future wear the Igor logo on their jerseys. In December 2014, the Belgian national coach Carlo Bomans created the Trofee Igor Decraene for the best Belgian junior time trial. Symbolically, the first trophy was given to the parents of Decraene.

Web links

• Igor Decraene in the Radsportseiten.net database

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Jef Van Hoofstat: Tragically Nieuws uit wielerwereld: cool Igor Decraene (18). August 30, accessed August 30, 2014 (Dutch). 
2. ↑ nieuwsblad.be of August 31, 2014: Wielerbelofte Igor Decraene overleden na aanrijding door trein
3. ↑ Junior time trial world champion Igor Decraene is dead. Radsport-news.com, August 30, 2014, accessed on August 30, 2014 . 
4. ↑ Junior time trial world champion Igor Decraene commits suicide. Velomotion, August 30, 2014, accessed August 30, 2014 . 
5. ↑ Parket: "Igor Decraene had bijzonder veel gedronken". HLN.be, September 2, 2014, accessed on September 19, 2014 (Dutch). 
6. ↑ Parket: "Niet uit te maken of dood Decraene wanhoopsdaad of ongeval was". De Morgen, September 2, 2014, accessed December 11, 2014 (Dutch). 
7. ↑ Duitser Kämna volgt Igor Decraene op als wereldkampioen. (No longer available online.) Sporza.be, September 23, 2014, archived from the original on November 27, 2014 ; Retrieved September 23, 2014 (Dutch). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
8. ↑ Nieuwe tenue 2015 van Tieltse Renner Club met logo Igor Decraene. cyclingsite.be, December 10, 2014, accessed December 11, 2014 (Dutch). 
9. ↑ Bondscoach Bomans roept Trofee Igor Decraene in het leven. (No longer available online.) Topsport Vlaanderen, December 18, 2014, archived from the original on December 19, 2014 ; Retrieved December 19, 2014 (Dutch). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.