Kristof Goddaert
Kristof Goddaert (born November 21, 1986 in Sint-Niklaas ; † February 18, 2014 in Antwerp ) was a Belgian road cyclist .
Career
Kristof Goddaert came third in the junior competition of Omloop Het Volk in 2004 . In the 2006 season he won the one-day race Hasselt-Spa-Hasselt and finished third in the Belgian U-23 time trial championship. At the end of the season he drove for the Continental Team Pictoflex Bikeland Hyundai as a stagiaire .
The next year he drove for the youth team Davitamon-Win for Life-Jong Vlaanderen . Here he won, among other things, a stage in the Ronde van Antwerpen and was third in the national U-23 time trial championship and the Nationale Sluitingsprijs .
From 2008 to 2009 Goddaert drove for the Belgian professional Continental Team Topsport Vlaanderen . In his first year there he finished second in the Tour de Vendée and ninth in Paris-Tours . Most recently, Goddaert was active for the Swiss team IAM Cycling .
On February 18, 2014, Goddaert fell during a training trip in Antwerp while crossing the tracks of an industrial railway and was run over by a bus driving behind him. He died the same day from his injuries.
successes
2010
- a stage Tour de Wallonie
2012
Teams
- 2006: Pictoflex Bikeland Hyundai (Stagiaire)
- 2007: Davitamon-Win for Life-Jong Vlaanderen
- 2008–2009: Topsport Vlaanderen
- 2010–2012: Ag2r La Mondiale
- 2013–2014: IAM Cycling
Web links
- Kristof Goddaert in the Radsportseiten.net database
- Kristof Goddaert's personal blog
Individual evidence
- ↑ Belgian Goddaert died in a training accident. Süddeutsche Zeitung , February 18, 2014, accessed on August 27, 2020 .
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Goddaert, Kristof |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Belgian road cyclist |
DATE OF BIRTH | November 21, 1986 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Sint-Niklaas |
DATE OF DEATH | February 18, 2014 |
Place of death | Antwerp |