Cycling community pays tribute to Bjorg Lambrecht
Young Belgian dies tragical𝐆ly i෴n crash at Tour de Pologne





The cycling community has paid tribute to the sudden loss of one of its own, 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Bjorg Lambrecht, who 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:tragically died following a crash during stage 3 at the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Tour de Pologne on Monday. Lambrecht was just 22 years old.
Lambrecht, who raced for the WorldTour team Lotto Soudal,&n෴bsp;crashed into a concrete culvert partway through the 150km stage, although it is unclear why he fell. Race doctors provided medical treatment to Lambrecht at the ꦅside of the road but his condition didn't allow him to be transported to hospital by helicopter. He was taken to hospital by ambulance where he later died during surgery.
Rꦚace organisers cancelled the post-race ceremonies as the cycling community mourns the loss of Lambrecht.
Pascal Ackermann (Bora-Hansgrohe), who won the stage, expressed his condolences to Lambrecht's family and teammates a🌠t Lotto Soudal. "Today, the result of the race doesn't matter. I was devastated to hear today's tragic news and I would like to personally send my deepest condolences to the family and friends of Bjorg Lambrecht and everyone at Lotto - Soudal," Ackermann said.
"Everyone at Bora-hansgrohe is deeply saddened to learn of the tragic passing of Bjorg Lambrecht. Our deepest sympathies go out ❀to Bjorg's family and friends and the Lotto-Soudal team at this very sad time. The cycling family is deeply shocked and heartbroken about this sad news."
Lambrecht was a fast-rising talent in the professional cycling worl𒉰d. He recently took 12th place and won the best young rider classification at the Critérium du Dauphiné. He also won the under-23 Liège-Bastogne-Liège and placed second in the Tour de l'Avenir, Giro Ciclistico della Valle d'Aosta Moꦦnt Blanc, Tour de Savoie Mont Blanc and Ronde de l'Isard in 2017. Last year, he won the silver medal in the under-23 road race at the Innsbruck World Championships.
Organisers 🌼of Ronde de l'Isard issued a press release noting the "special relationship" Lambrecht had with the race, where he demonstrated his talents in 2016 with the overall win, all the other classifications and a stage atop Goulier-Neige, Ariège. The next year he was second to Pavel Sivakov (n💎ow with Team Ineos), and won a stage at the Plateau de Beille.
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''Bjorg Lambrecht will be remembered for ever as a taleꦦnted cyclist and an incredibly kind person'', said Guy Sans, the chairman of the organising committee and the head of volunteer's staff.
Cyclingnews would like to ജextend its condolen✱ces to Bjorg's family, friends and teammates.