Richard Depoorter (29 April 1915 – 16 June 1948) was a Belgian racing cyclist. He won the 1943 and 1947 editions of the Liège–Bastogne–Liège.[1] He crashed into a tunnel wall on a "descent of the Sustenpas near Bern"[2] during the 1948 Tour of Switzerland and died onsite or shortly thereafter due to his injuries.[3][4][5]
richard, depoorter, april, 1915, june, 1948, belgian, racing, cyclist, 1943, 1947, editions, liège, bastogne, liège, crashed, into, tunnel, wall, descent, sustenpas, near, bern, during, 1948, tour, switzerland, died, onsite, shortly, thereafter, injuries, pers. Richard Depoorter 29 April 1915 16 June 1948 was a Belgian racing cyclist He won the 1943 and 1947 editions of the Liege Bastogne Liege 1 He crashed into a tunnel wall on a descent of the Sustenpas near Bern 2 during the 1948 Tour of Switzerland and died onsite or shortly thereafter due to his injuries 3 4 5 Richard DepoorterPersonal informationBorn 1915 04 29 29 April 1915Ichtegem BelgiumDied16 June 1948 1948 06 16 aged 33 Wassen SwitzerlandTeam informationRoleRiderSee also editList of professional cyclists who died during a raceReferences edit Richard Depoorter ProCyclingStats Retrieved 3 October 2015 Pelkey Charles 2 September 2009 The Explainer Surviving in the hardest of times VeloNews Com Retrieved 17 July 2012 Richard Depoorter Cyclingarchives com 29 April 1915 Retrieved 17 July 2012 Richard Depoorter Memoire di cyclisme Retrieved 17 July 2012 Richard Depoorter body being carried off road after fatal accident Cycling Archives Retrieved 11 July 2012 External links editRichard Depoorter at Cycling Archives nbsp Richard Depoorter at ProCyclingStats nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp This biographical article related to a Belgian cyclist born in the 1910s is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Richard Depoorter amp oldid 1211534604, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
