Richard Depoorter Explained

Richard Depoorter
Birth Date:29 April 1915
Birth Place:Ichtegem, Belgium
Death Place:Wassen, Switzerland
Role:Rider

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]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Richard Depoorter . 3 October 2015 . ProCyclingStats.
  2. Web site: Pelkey. Charles. The Explainer — Surviving in the hardest of times. VeloNews.Com. 17 July 2012. 2 September 2009.
  3. Web site: Richard Depoorter . Cyclingarchives.com . 29 April 1915 . 17 July 2012.
  4. Web site: Richard Depoorter. Memoire di cyclisme. 17 July 2012. 13 March 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130313035815/http://memoire-du-cyclisme.net/palmares/depoorter_richard.php. dead.
  5. Web site: Richard Depoorter (body being carried off road after fatal accident). Cycling Archives. 11 July 2012.

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