Kristof Goddaert

Kristof Goddaert

Goddaert at 2010 Four Days of Dunkirk
Personal information
Full name Kristof Goddaert
Born (1986-11-21)21 November 1986
Sint Niklaas, Belgium
Died 18 February 2014(2014-02-18) (aged 27)
Antwerp, Belgium
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11 12 in)
Weight 72 kg (159 lb)
Team information
Discipline Road
Role Rider
Rider type One-day rider
Amateur team(s)
2005–2006 Diametal-Colnago
2006 Pictoflex Bikeland Hyundai (stagiaire)
2007 Davitamon–Win for Life–Jong Vlaanderen
Professional team(s)
2008–2009 Topsport Vlaanderen
2010–2012 Ag2r–La Mondiale
2013–2014 IAM Cycling

Kristof Goddaert (21 November 1986 – 18 February 2014) was a Belgian road racing cyclist who competed as a professional between 2008 and 2014 for the Topsport Vlaanderen–Mercator, Ag2r–La Mondiale and IAM Cycling squads.[1][2]

Born in Sint Niklaas, Belgium, Goddaert left Ag2r–La Mondiale at the end of the 2012 season, and joined the new IAM Cycling team for the 2013 season.[2]

On 18 February 2014, Goddaert was killed during a training ride in Antwerp, when he fell from his bike and was struck by a De Lijn bus.[3]

Palmarès

2007
3rd Nationale Sluitingsprijs
2008
2nd Tour de Vendée
4th Omloop van de Vlaamse Scheldeboorden
5th Memorial Rik Van Steenbergen
9th Paris–Tours
2009
3rd Paris–Brussels
7th Memorial Rik Van Steenbergen
7th Munsterland Giro
7th Omloop van het Houtland
2010
1st Stage 3 Tour de Wallonie
5th Le Samyn
2011
8th Gent-Wevelgem
2012
2nd National Road Race Championships
5th Tro Bro Leon
7th Halle–Ingooigem
2013
7th Grote Prijs Wase Polders
8th Overall Tour de l'Eurometropole

References

  1. "Kristof Goddaert". AG2R La Mondiale. 2010 AG2R LA MONDIALE. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
  2. 1 2 "IAM Cycling announces 2013 roster". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 20 September 2012. Retrieved 24 September 2012.
  3. "Profrenner Kristof Goddaert overreden door bus aan Noxx" [Professional Rider Kristof Goddaert run over by bus at Noxx]. Gazet van Antwerpen (in Dutch). Concentra NV. 18 February 2014. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
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