List of cyclists with a cycling related death

Parc des Princes Velodrome,
site of Breton's 1902 death
(circa 1900 postcard)

The first documented deaths of professional cyclists during competition date to the 1890s. Before 1929 at least 47 professional riders and pacemakers^{[Note 1]} died at velodromes in track cycling^{[1][Note 2]} and since 1994 a number of professionals have been killed in accidents with motorized vehicles while training on public roads. The dangers of cycling continue to be disputed among modern sources. For example, the 2005 United States Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC) data showed bicycling to be nearly as dangerous as American football.^[2] A survey of 2008 Olympics teams, however, indicated that cycling was not even in the top six most injury-prone sports during competition that year.^[3]

Cyclists who died due to a race

Cyclists who died due to a race

Image	Name	Profession	Date of death	Nationality	Notes
—	Pierre Froget	Track cyclist	000000001894-08-21-0000August 21, 1894	France	Velodrome of Vichy. Crash while tandem racing as a track cyclist. Died 6 days later at the age of 21, was the first victim of a cycling accident on a French track.[4]
—	AW "Bert" Harris	Track cyclist (professional)	000000001897-04-21-0000April 21, 1897	United Kingdom	Known as "Bert Harris" or "Invincible Harris", he was the fastest short-distance rider in England, the first Professional Cycling Champion of England and was one of the most well-known athletes of his day. His last and fatal race was held at Aston on Easter Monday of 1897 where his cycle touched another rider and he was upset head-first onto the track's surface. Harris died a few days later, never having regained consciousness, and tens of thousands of mourners lined the streets of Leicester for his funeral procession.[5][6][7][8][9][10][Note 3]
—	Oscar Aaronson[Note 4]	Track cyclist	000000001900-12-22-0000December 22, 1900	Sweden	Injured during December 16, 1900 competitors' crash at the New York City/Madison Square Garden Six-Day Race.[11][12] Died on the 22nd from aftereffects of crash, from exhaustion and pneumonia.[13]
	Harry Elkes	Track cyclist	000000001903-05-30-0000May 30, 1903	United States	Charles River Track, Cambridge, Massachusetts.[14][15][16] Elkes held the world record for "paced-cycle racing" during most of his career and just prior to his fatal accident had achieved a new 5 Miles World Record, going that distance in 6 minutes, 12 1/5 seconds.[14] Marshall Taylor in his autobiography called Elkes "one of the greatest middle-distance riders that ever pedalled a bicycle."[17]
	Edouard Taylor[Note 5]	Track cyclist	000000001903-01-01-00001903[16][Note 6]	France	Aubervilliers, France. In 1899 Taylor held a National (Stayers) Championship of France and in 1900 he was 3rd at the European Championships, 2nd at the World Championships and also beat Henry Elkes by 300 metres in a 50-mile race.[18] In his last year of competition he placed 3rd at the World Stayers Championship.[19][20]
	Alfred Görnemann		000000001903-10-11-0000October 11, 1903	German Empire	Dresden track[21]
—	Pilack	Track cyclist, pacemaker	000000001904-06-16-0000June 16, 1904	German Empire ?	[21][22]
—	Paul Dangla	Track cyclist	000000001904-06-18-0000June 18, 1904	France	1903 World Record-holder (Track), Dresden track[1][23] France, track cyclist[Note 7][24][25]
—	Karl Käser	Track cyclist	000000001904-08-14-0000August 14, 1904	German Empire	Plauen track[26][27]
	George Leander	Track cyclist	000000001904-08-23-0000August 23, 1904	United States	[16][28]
—	Charles Albert Brécy	Track cyclist	000000001904-11-25-0000November 25, 1904	France	Parc des Princes velodrome,[29] track cyclist[Note 8]
—	Hubert Sevenich	Track cyclist	000000001905-05-07-0000May 7, 1905	German Empire	[30][31]
—	Willy Schmitter	Track cyclist	000000001905-09-18-0000September 18, 1905	German Empire	European Championship, Leipzig track,[32] track cyclist, September 18, 1905, European Championship[33]
—	Gustav Freudenberg	Track cyclist	000000001906-04-29-0000April 29, 1906	German Empire	[34][35]
—	Richard Huhndorf	Track cyclist (amateur)	000000001906-07-22-0000July 22, 1906	German Empire	[36][37]
—	Charles Peguy	Track cyclist	000000001907-06-09-0000June 9, 1907	France	[38]
—	Louis Mettling	Track cyclist	000000001907-06-21-0000June 21, 1907	United States	[39][40]
—	Josef Schwarzer	Pace maker	000000001907-08-30-0000August 30, 1907	German Empire	Düsseldorf track[41]
—	Moritz Hübner	Track cyclist (amateur)	000000001907-10-13-0000October 13, 1907	German Empire	[42][43]
—	Gustav Schadebrodt	Track cyclist	000000001907-10-22-0000October 22, 1907	German Empire	[44]
—	Ernst Wolf	Pace maker	000000001907-10-29-0000October 29, 1907	German Empire	[45]
—	Tim Johnson	Track cyclist	000000001907-04-24-0000April 24, 1907	United Kingdom	[46]
	Karel Verbist	Track cyclist	000000001909-07-21-0000July 21, 1909	Belgium	[47] Bruxelles track. Verbist collided with his pacemaker's (Constant Ceurremans') motorcycle.[48][49] Verbist is the subject of a macabre Flemish folk-poem... "Chareltje, Chareltje Verbist, hadt ge niet gereden op de pist(e), hadt ge niet gelegen in de kist."[50]
	Fritz Theile	Track cyclist	000000001911-06-04-0000June 4, 1911	German Empire	Zehlendorf Velodrome[51]
—	Hans Bachmann	Pace maker	000000001913-01-01-00001913	German Empire	Velodrome Hall [52]
—	Hans Lange	Track cyclist	000000001913-01-01-00001913	German Empire	Velodrome Hall[52]
—	August Kraft	Track cyclist	000000001913-07-25-0000July 25, 1913	German Empire	Strasbourg, France[53]
—	Richard Scheuermann	Track cyclist	000000001913-09-08-0000September 8, 1913	German Empire	Cologne track[54][55]
—	Gus Lawson	Pace maker	000000001913-09-08-0000September 8, 1913	United States	Cologne track[55]
—	Max Hansen	Track cyclist	000000001913-10-12-0000October 12, 1913	German Empire	Berlin Velodrome Stadium[52]
—	Piet van Nek Sr.	Track cyclist	000000001914-04-14-0000April 14, 1914	Netherlands	Leipzig track[56]
—	Willy Hamann	Track cyclist	000000001914-07-21-0000July 21, 1914	German Empire	Treptow track.The accident occurred on July 15, Hamann died six days later in hospital.[57]
—	Max Bauer	Pace maker	000000001917-01-01-00001917	German Empire	Treptow track[58]
—	Jacob Esser	Track cyclist	000000001917-07-08-0000July 8, 1917	German Empire	Düsseldorf Germany track[59][60]
	Louis Darragon	Track cyclist	000000001918-04-28-0000April 28, 1918	France	Vélodrome d'Hiver Paris[61]
	Peter Günther	Track cyclist	000000001918-10-07-0000October 7, 1918	German Empire	Düsseldorf.[62] Guenther died the day after an October 6 accident involving his collision with his pacemaker's motorcycle after the motorcycle's rear tire burst.[63]
—	Hans Schneider	Track cyclist	000000001920-01-01-0000January 1920	Weimar Republic	[64]
—	Emanuel Kudela	Track cyclist	000000001920-09-22-0000September 22, 1920	Weimar Republic	Olympia track Berlin[65]
—	Christian Oorlemans	Pace maker	000000001922-08-22-0000August 22, 1922	Netherlands	Amsterdam track[66]
—	Walter Ebert	Track cyclist	000000001924-06-01-0000June 1, 1924	Weimar Republic	Magdeburg track[67]
—	Gustave Ganay	Track cyclist	000000001926-08-23-0000August 23, 1926	France	Stayer. Died from a fall at the Parc des Princes.[68] The accident was immortalized by Ernest Hemingway in A Movable Feast with "where we saw that great rider Ganay fall and heard his skull crumple under the crash helmet as you crack a hard-boiled against a stone to peel it on a picnic."[69]
—	Franz Krupkat	Track cyclist	000000001927-06-01-0000June 1, 1927	Weimar Republic	Leipzig track[70]
—	Ernst Feja	Track cyclist	000000001927-06-01-0000June 1, 1927	Weimar Republic	[71]
—	Constant Ceurremans	Pace maker	000000001931-06-18-0000June 18, 1931	Belgium / Netherlands	Was also involved in Karel (Charles) Verbist's fatal crash in 1909.[48][72]
—	Werner Krüger	Pace maker	000000001931-07-21-0000July 21, 1931	Weimar Republic	Kruger died after a fall on the Cologne-Riehl track during a stayer race, while riding as a pacemaker for Emil Thollembeek.[73]
—	Georg Pawlack[Note 9]	Track cyclist	000000001933-06-10-0000June 10, 1933	Nazi Germany	Pawlack was run over by a pacemaker after his bicycle slipped on a rain-soaked track.[74]
	Georges Lemaire		000000001933-09-29-0000September 29, 1933	Belgium	Belgian club championship, Uccle, Belgium [75][Note 10]
—	Emil Richli		000000001934-05-13-0000May 13, 1934	Switzerland	Switzerland track championships. Track cyclist[76]
—	Francisco Cepeda		000000001935-07-14-0000July 14, 1935	Spain	Tour de France. Died while making the Col du Galibier descent[77]
—	Len Johnson		000000001936-08-08-0000August 8, 1936	Australia	Melbourne to Sale Race. Johnson was riding on the Princes Highway, when he slowed due to a puncture and was hit by a truck laden with timber.[78]
—	Stefan Veger		000000001936-11-01-0000November 1936	Netherlands	Track Gent[79]
	André Raynaud		000000001937-03-01-0000March 1937	France	Antwerp Sportpaleis[48][80]
—	Adrian Buttafocchi		000000001937-07-06-0000July 6, 1937	France	Col Esteret, Grand Prix d'Antibes. Crash with a truck during race[81]
—	Hefty Stuart		000000001938-12-09-0000December 9, 1938	Australia	Riding in a motor pacing event, Stuart’s front tyre blew out, causing him to fall and he was run over by a following pacing motorcycle. Stuart died in hospital two weeks later [82]
	Jean Alavoine		000000001943-07-18-0000July 18, 1943	France	Died during a veteran race in Argenteuil.[83][84]
—	Richard Depoorter		000000001948-06-16-0000June 16, 1948	Switzerland	Crashed into a tunnel wall on a "descent of the Sustenpas near Bern"[85] during the Tour of Switzerland, died onsite or shortly thereafter of his injuries.[86][87][88]
	Léon Level		000000001949-03-26-0000March 26, 1949	France	"Parc des princes" track, Paris (track cyclist) [89]
—	Paul Kroll		000000001949-11-08-0000November 8, 1949	Germany	Berlin "1000 laps", Funkturm track[90][Note 11]
—	Gerard ("Gerrit") van Beek		000000001951-03-15-0000March 15, 1951	Netherlands	Berlin Six Days. Died of a fatal skull fracture suffered during race.[91][92]
—	Camille Danguillaume		000000001951-06-26-0000June 26, 1951	France	Killed in collision with press motorcycle during Critérium International (Championship of France)[93][94][95]
—	Serse Coppi		000000001951-06-29-0000June 29, 1951	Italy	Crashed near the end of the 1951 Tour of Piedmont (aka "Tour du Piedmont" and "Giro del Piemonte"). Finished race but then died on June 29, 1951.[96][97]
—	Rudi Mirke		000000001951-12-10-0000December 10, 1951	Germany	Berlin Six Day. Died after falling during the race.[98][Note 12]
—	Orfeo Ponsin		000000001952-05-20-0000May 20, 1952	Italy	Giro d'Italia[99]
—	Erich Metze		000000001952-05-28-0000May 28, 1952[Note 13]	Germany	[100]
	Stan Ockers		000000001956-10-01-0000October 1, 1956	Belgium	1955 World Champion (Road Race) track race at the Sportpaleis Antwerp[101][102][Note 14]
—	Russell Mockridge		000000001958-09-13-0000September 13, 1958	Australia	Tour of Gippsland[104][105][Note 15]
—	Knud Enemark Jensen		000000001960-09-01-0000September 1960	Denmark	1960 Summer Olympic Games. The first competitor's death to occur during the modern Olympic era, Jensen collapsed during a 100-kilometer team time trial, suffering a skull fracture and dying several hours later. Some commentators state that Jensen's autopsy revealed traces of drugs in his system but the Italian authorities' 1961 report stated that the official cause of death was heatstroke. A race-day temperature of 40 degrees Celsius/93 degrees Fahrenheit and Jensen's post-accident care (being kept in a "hot military tent"), could have been probable contributing factors.[106][107][108][109][110][111][112]
—	Alessandro Fantini		000000001961-05-05-0000May 5, 1961	Italy	Died after a crash at the end of the sixth stage of the 1961 Tour of Germany.
	Tom Simpson		000000001967-07-13-0000July 13, 1967	United Kingdom	Tour de France.[113][114] 1965 World Road Race Champion,[115][116][Note 16]
—	Valentin Uriona		000000001967-07-30-0000July 30, 1967	Spain	Spanish Championship [117][118]
—	José Samyn		000000001969-08-28-0000August 28, 1969	France	Zingem, Belgium [119]
—	Radames Treviño[120]		000000001970-04-12-0000April 12, 1970	Mexico	Crashed during a regional race between Pachuca and Mexico City[121]
	Jean-Pierre Monseré		000000001971-03-15-0000March 15, 1971	Belgium	1970 World Champion. Grand Prix de Retie.[122][123][Note 17][124]
—	Manuel Galera		000000001972-02-14-0000February 14, 1972	Spain	Tour of Andalusia[125][126]
—	Graeme Jose		000000001973-06-23-0000June 23, 1973	Australia	While taking part in a race in Feldkirch Austria, he ran into the rear of a parked tray topped lorry and was killed.[127]
—	Juan Manuel Santisteban[Note 18]		000000001976-05-21-0000May 21, 1976	Spain	Giro d'Italia. Died as a result of injuries when his head struck a crash barrier.[77][99]
	Karl Kaminski		000000001978-08-10-0000August 10, 1978	East Germany	Leipzig[128]
	Joaquim Agostinho		000000001984-05-10-0000May 10, 1984	Portugal	During the Tour of Algarve.[129] Died ten days after colliding with a dog who had run onto the race-course.[130]
—	Emilio Ravasio		000000001986-05-28-0000May 28, 1986	Italy	Giro d'Italia[99]
—	Vicente Mata		000000001987-02-17-0000February 17, 1987	Spain	Trofeo Luis Puig[131] Died after colliding with a car during race.
—	Michel Goffin		000000001987-02-27-0000February 27, 1987	Belgium	Tour du Haut-Var in Marseilles France.[132][133] Goffin crashes and, after spending six days in a coma, dies from his injuries.[131]
—	Connie Meijer		000000001988-08-17-0000August 17, 1988	Netherlands	A criterium in the Netherlands[134]
	Fabio Casartelli		000000001995-07-18-0000July 18, 1995	Italy	Tour de France.[135][136][137] Casartelli was the reigning Olympic Champion at the time of his crash and subsequent death.[131]
—	José Antonio Espinosa[Note 19]		000000001996-11-01-0000November 1996	Spain	Fuenlabrada[138][139][Note 20]
—	Manuel Sanroma		000000001999-06-19-0000June 19, 1999	Spain	Volta a Catalunya[140]
—	Saúl Morales		000000002000-02-28-0000February 28, 2000	Spain	Tour of Argentina[141]
—	Nicole Reinhart		000000002000-09-17-0000September 17, 2000	United States	Arlington Massachusetts circuit race[142]
—	Andrey Kivilev		000000002003-03-12-0000March 12, 2003	Kazakhstan	Paris–Nice[143]
—	Brett Malin	Road cyclist (amateur)	000000002003-06-17-0000June 17, 2003	United States	Race Across America[144][145]
—	Juan Barrero	Road cyclist (amateur)	000000002004-06-11-0000June 11, 2004	Colombia	Vuelta a Colombia ("Tour of Colombia")[146]
—	Tim Pauwels		000000002004-09-26-0000September 26, 2004	Belgium	A cyclo-cross race in Belgium[147]
—	Alessio Galletti		000000002005-06-15-0000June 15, 2005	Italy	Subida al Naranco[148][149]
—	Bob Breedlove	Road cyclist (amateur)	000000002005-06-25-0000June 25, 2005	United States	Race Across America[144]
—	Isaac Gálvez		000000002006-11-26-0000November 26, 2006	Spain	Six Days of Ghent. Galvez died after coming into contact with Dimitri De Fauw and then crashing into a track railing.[150][151]
—	Bruno Neves		000000002008-05-11-0000May 11, 2008	Portugal	Classica de Amarante.[152] Neves' collapse from heart failure caused him to crash during the race.[153][154][155]
—	Thomas Casarotto		000000002010-09-10-0000September 10, 2010	Italy	During the Giro del Friuli Venezia Giulia[156] at Pesariis,[157] Casarotto hit the wing mirror of a SUV parked on the course[157] and then crashed. He died September 15, 2010 of head injuries and trauma.[158]
	Wouter Weylandt	Road cyclist (professional)	000000002011-05-09-0000May 9, 2011	Belgium	Fatal Crash on the Passo del Bocco during the third stage of the 2011Giro d'Italia[159]
—	Wouter Dewilde		000000002013-03-01-0000March 1, 2013	Belgium	[160]
—	Junior Heffernan	Road cyclist (amateur)	000000002013-03-03-0000March 3, 2013	Ireland	Died after collision with a car during the Severn Bridge Road Race in Gloucestershire.[161]
—	Jeanné Nell	Track cyclist	000000002014-02-11-0000February 11, 2014	South Africa	Died in Cape Town, South Africa, during a keirin race.[162]
—	Annefleur Kalvenhaar	Mountainbiker	000000002014-08-23-0000August 23, 2014	Netherlands	Died in Grenoble, France, due to an accident during a UCI World Cup XCE race in Méribel, France.[163]
—	Will Olson	Enduro	000000002015-08-02-0000August 2, 2015	United States	Died in Crested Butte during an Enduro World Series race.[164]
	Antoine Demoitié	Road cyclist (professional) Wanty–Groupe Gobert	000000002016-03-27-0000March 27, 2016	Belgium	Died in hospital in Lille, due to injuries sustained in an accident during the Gent-Wevelgem race. Having been one of a group of cyclists who fell as the race went through Sainte-Marie-Cappel, he was struck by a motorbike accompanying the race.[165]
	Daan Myngheer	Road cyclist (professional) Roubaix–Lille Métropole	000000002016-03-28-0000March 28, 2016	Belgium	Died in hospital two days after suffering a heart attack during first stage of Criterium International[166][167]
—	Randall Fox	Road cyclist (collegiate cyclist)	000000002016-03-29-0000March 29, 2016	United States	Died following a crash during a collegiate road race. He lost control of his bike on a descent and collided with a guardrail.[168][169]
—	Gijs Verdick	Road cyclist (professional) Cyclingteam Jo Piels	000000002016-05-09-0000May 9, 2016	Netherlands	Died a week after suffering two heart attacks at the Under-23 Carpathian Couriers Race in Poland.[170]
—	Diego Andrés Suta Robayo	Road cyclist (amateur)	000000002016-08-30-0000August 30, 2016	Colombia	Suta, who was competing in the Vuelta de la Juventud for the first time, was descending the Alto de Daza just 12km into the 162km stage 2 when he crashed on a turn and suffered fatal head injuries.[171]
	Bahman Golbarnezhad	Road cyclist Iranian Paralympic	000000002016-09-17-0000September 17, 2016	Iran	2016 Summer Paralympics. Died after suffering a cardiac arrest on the way to hospital after his head injury during a collision with a rock midway through the race in Pontal, Rio de Janeiro, during the C4 road race of the Paralympics.[172][173]
	Dejan Maric	Road cyclist (amateur)	000000002016-09-25-0000September 25, 2016	Serbia	Died during the Wuyi Mountain cycling race in southeast Chinas Fujian province.[174][175]

Professionals who died during training and other cycling related deaths

These athletes did not die during competition, but rather died during training, during scheduled breaks while participating in a professional race or from another reason related to cycling. Since 1994, at least eighteen professional cyclists have been killed after being struck by a car or truck, fifteen while training, three while out cycling for pleasure.

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  Franz Suter (1912)
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  Ottavio Bottecchia (1920s)
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  Frederiek Nolf May 6, 2008

1900s to 1928

• Archie McEachern, May 13, 1902, Canada, Track cyclist. Coliseum Cycling Track, Atlantic City, New Jersey.^[176] McEachern, a former middle distance Canadian National Champion, was also winner of the 1901 New York Madison Square Garden Six-Day Bicycle Race (the first Canadian to do so). In May 1902 he was participating in a practice run prior to the Atlantic City velodrome's official opening that was being paced by a tandem motorcycle (driven by his two trainers Bobby Thompson and Alfred Boake). Riding closely to the pace vehicle, McEachern was fatally injured when the bike's drive chain broke and he died within minutes.^[177][178] Canadian Cyclist placed him 9th on their list of Top 25 Canadian Cyclists of the Century in 1999^[177] and Journal of Sport History (Volume 1-2, published 1974) stated that he "was one of Canada's most famous professional cyclists" of his day.^[179]
• Breton,^[180] track cyclist, Parc des Princes track, August 1902. Breton was killed when he steered his bicycle away from another cyclist and into the path of a 14-horsepower motorcycle being driven at 50 mph by Marius Thé. The track management allowed motorcyclists and racing bicyclists (called "flyers") to train at the same time.^[180]
• Jimmy Michael, Aberaman, Rhondda Cynon Taff, Wales, United Kingdom. November 1904. 1885 & 1902 World Record-holder (Track).^[181] Died while en route from the UK to the United States on the ocean steamer "Savoie". He was either suffering from alcoholic delirium tremens,^[182] a brain hemorrhage^[1] or possibly a combination of the two. Michael's death most certainly had its genesis in a 1903 cycling accident at Friedenau^[22] where he fractured his skull^[183] and thereafter suffered debilitating headaches.^[21][184]
• Hugh McLean, US, died on September 9 or 10, 1909.^[185] as a result of a training accident earlier in the month at the Revere, Mass. cycling track.^{[Note 21][186][187]} McLean was a champion middle distance cyclist^[186] who had placed 2nd in the 1899 World Championship (Track/Stayers) and 1st with Floyd Krebs at the 1907 Boston Six Days.^[187]
• Adolphe Heliére, France. Drowned while swimming during a rest day of the 1910 Tour de France.^[188]
• Franz Suter,^[189] Switzerland, June 1, 1914. Struck by a train while training with his brother Paul near Courbevoie, France.
• Floyd MacFarland, United States. 1900 & 1908 Six-Day Race Winner (Madison Square Garden). Stabbed to death with a screwdriver during practice at Newark Velodrome, April 17, 1915.^[61][190]
• Ottavio Bottecchia, 1924 & 1925 Tour de France Winner,^[191] Italy, June 14, 1927. Found by the side of the road with bruises and serious skull fracture. The cause has remained a mystery — various theories have included a solo-crash/serious fall or an assault by unknown Fascists.^[192][193]
• Gustave Lejour, 1928, track cyclist, while training on the Frankfurt (Germany) track^[194]

1975

• Tommy Godwin, United Kingdom. In 1939, Godwin achieved the long-distance record for miles cycled in one year...75,065 miles. Authorities have since determined that the attempt to beat this mileage would be too dangerous so the figure will never be overtaken. Godwin died in 1975 of heart failure, aged 63, returning from a ride to Tutbury Castle with friends.^[195]

1994 to 2009

• Antonio Martín, Spain. He was killed by a truck while training near Madrid, 1994.^[196]
• Néstor Mora, Augusto Triana ^[197] and Hernán Patiño, February 21, 1995, Colombia Three members of Team Postobon were killed almost immediately while group training when a truck collided with another vehicle, sending the second vehicle careening into the group of cyclists.^[198]
• Beryl Burton, United Kingdom. Heart failure while out delivering invitations by bicycle to her 59th birthday party, May 8, 1996. One of the most dominating figures in world sports history, Burton regularly beat male competitors. Her 12-hour record of 277.25 miles (raced in 1967) stood as both the women's and the men's world record for two years and is still the women's world record.^[199]
• Peter Longbottom, United Kingdom. Hit by a motor vehicle whilst riding near York, 10 February 1998, aged 38. Longbottom had been an established GB international road rider and had gained multiple national titles.^[200]
• Dave Bedwell, United Kingdom. Collapsed and died while on Cyclists Touring Club ride near Torquay. February 28, 1999, aged 70.^[201]
• Edith Atkins,^[202] England. Was hit by a car while pushing her bicycle across a pedestrian road crossing, August 28, 1999.
• Anders Nilsson, Sweden, June 21, 2000. National team member in Triathlon, professional. Died immediately when hit by a speeding car during bicycle training, the car left the scene.^[203]
• Ricardo Otxoa, Spain. February 15, 2001.^[204] Hit by a car during a training session together with his brother Javier (who survived but suffered serious brain injuries). The Circuito de Getxo was renamed the Memorial Ricardo Otxoa in his honor.
• Luke Harrop, Australia. January 13, 2002. Struck by a stolen car driven by an unlicensed driver who was out on bail at the time and who also fled the scene. Gold Coast, Brisbane, Australia during a training ride. Having severe head trauma, former champion triathlete Harrop died a day after the accident. In 2003, Australia's Gold Coast Triathlon was renamed in Harrop's memory as the Gold Coast Triathlon — Luke Harrop Memorial.^{[205][206][207][208][209]}
• Lauri Aus, Estonia. July 20, 2003. Hit by a truck driven by a drunk driver while training for the Estonian MTB (Mountain Biking) Championship.^[210][211]
• Stive Vermaut, Belgium. Retired from professional cycling in 2002 because of a congenital heart disease. Had a heart attack during a recreational ride on June 13, 2004 and died later that month on June 30.^[212]
• Amy Gillett, Australia. Head-on collision with a car in Germany on July 18, 2005 (while training with her squad for the Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen which had been scheduled for the next day).^[213]
• Zak Carr, England, UK. Struck from behind and killed while cycling to work near Norwich, on October 17, 2005.^[214]
• Scott Peoples, Australia. Struck from behind and killed on a training ride in December 2006 in Victoria.^[215]
• Jason MacIntyre, Scotland, UK. Struck by a vehicle on a training ride in January 2008.^[216]
• Frederiek Nolf, Belgium. Died in his sleep during the 2009 Tour of Qatar. February 5, 2009.^[217]
• Zinaida Stahurskaya, Belarus. 2000 World Road Race Champion. Struck by a car on a training ride in Belarus, June 25, 2009.^[218]
• Dimitri De Fauw, Belgium, committed suicide on November 6, 2009, after struggling with depression following Isaac Gálvez's death in the 2006 Six Days of Ghent.^{[219][220][221]}

2010 to present

• Jorge Alvarado, Mexico. A Bahati pro team rider, Alvarado was training when he was struck head-on by a vehicle being driven by an 18-year-old illegally street racing in San Bernardino, CA on April 8, 2010.^[222][223]
• Jure Robič, Slovenia. September 24, 2010. Robič, who won RAAM five times and was renowned for pushing himself to extreme mental breakdown during endurance races, died in a head-on collision with a car while descending on a narrow mountain forest road in Plavški Rovt near Jesenice, Slovenia .^[224]
• Carla Swart, South Africa. January 19, 2011. Swart was a professional who had won nineteen individual and team cycling titles spanning four different variations of biking (cyclo-cross, mountain bike, road, and track) while on the Lees–McRae College cycling team. She lost her cycling computer while on a training ride in her native South Africa and turned into the path of an oncoming truck in a bid to retrieve it.^[225]
• Brian Phillips, United Kingdom. 27 March 2011, Brian died whilst competing in a TTT in Italy. Brian had been one of the UK's top time-trialists, had national titles, and was a regular top finisher in the BBAR.^[226]
• Shamus Liptrot, Australia. May 10, 2011. Died as a result of injuries sustained in a "horrific crash"^[227] during the Men's C Grade scratch track race^[228] at the 2007 Devonport (Tasmania) Christmas Carnival.^[229]
• Carly Hibberd, Australia, was hit by a car while training in Italy. July 6, 2011.^[230]
• Iñaki Lejarreta, 29, Spanish mountain biker, killed in a training accident when his cycle was struck by a car.^[231][232]
• Burry Stander, South Africa. January 3, 2013. Died during a training ride after colliding with a vehicle.^[233]
• Victor Cabedo, Spain. September 19, 2013. Died during a training ride after colliding with a vehicle.^[234][235]
• Amy Dombroski, United States. October 3, 2013. A Cyclo-cross competitor, Dombroski was hit by a truck while training in Belgium.^[236]
• Kristof Goddaert, Belgium. February 18, 2014. Goddaert was killed during a training ride in Antwerp when he fell from his bike and was struck by a bus.^[237]
• Cláudio Clarindo, Brazil. January 25, 2016. While on a training ride Clarindo was struck by an automobile whose driver had fallen asleep and he died almost immediately after being hit. Clarindo was ranked 12th in the world ultra-distance rankings the year before his death.^[238]
• Gunaydin Haji Dursun, a cyclist from Kazakhstan who competed at Junior-level World Championships,^[239] was killed in collision with a truck on 22 April 2016 while training in Taraz, Kazakhstan.^[240][241]

See also

• Road bicycle racing
• Bicycle racing
• Track cycling
• Motor-paced racing

Notes

References

External links

• Ride for Silence: "Let the Silence Roar"
• Ride for Silence 1983-2010 In Memoriam
• League of American Cyclists - In Memoriam 2005 to 2009