Cycling world champion Claude Criquielion dies at 58
Claude Criquielion, a former world cycling champion from Belgium, died Wednesday following a massive stroke over the weekend, Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel said. He was 58.
Criquielion won the 1984 world title but is perhaps best remembered for a crash when he was poised to win a second title four years later. In the three-way sprint finish, a rival suddenly blocked a way through for the surging Criquielion and the Belgian was forced into the side railings.
Mr Michel called Criquielion "a great champion."
Criquielion also won several big one-day classics, including the Tour of Flanders, and had five top-10 finishes in the Tour de France. He later became a team manager.