Stig Broeckx
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| Stig Broeckx at the Grand Prix Pino Cerami 2015 | |
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| Date of birth | May 10, 1990 |
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 Belgium
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| discipline | Street |
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| 2012-2013 | Lotto Belisol U23 team |
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| 2014-2016 | Lotto Belisol |
| Last updated: January 5, 2017 | |
Stig Broeckx (born May 10, 1990 in Mol ) is a former Belgian cyclist .
Broeckx won the Antwerp provincial championships in the individual time trial in 2013 . From August 2013 he drove as a trainee with the UCI ProTeam , with which he received a regular contract the following year. For this team he contested the Giro d'Italia 2015 , among others , but could not finish the race.
During the third stage of the Tour of Belgium in 2016 at the end of May 2016, Broeckx suffered cerebral hemorrhage as a result of a fall and fell into a coma after two accompanying motorcycles got into the peloton in a collision and brought down 20 riders. A month later, doctors announced that Broeckx had severe brain injuries and was still in a coma. It is uncertain whether he will ever regain consciousness. In December 2016, the team doctor stated that Broeckx could now speak again and eat independently; However, the road to full recovery is still long.
Web links
- Stig Broeckx in the Radsportseiten.net database
- Stig Broeckx in the ProCyclingStats.com database
- Current state of health after the fall on May 28, 2016 on the team website lottosoudal.be (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Broeckx still in very serious condition. radsport-news.com, May 29, 2016, accessed May 29, 2016 .
- ↑ Stig Broeckx in vegetative state with severe brain damage. In: Cycling News. June 25, 2016, accessed June 25, 2016 .
- ↑ Broeckx continues to make progress - no more coma patient. In: rad-net.de. December 13, 2016, accessed December 16, 2016 .
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| SURNAME | Broeckx, Stig |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Belgian cyclist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 10, 1990 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mol , Belgium |