List of professional cyclists who died during a race
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This is a list of professional cyclists who died during a race, most of them because of a fall. Not all of them died immediately; many were brought to a hospital and died there afterwards because of the wounds caused by the fall.
- 1930s
- Francisco Cepeda, Spain, Tour de France, 1935
- André Raynaud, France, 1937
- 1940s
- 1950s
- Camille Danguillaume, France, French National Cycling Championship, 1950
- Serse Coppi, Italy, Tour of Piedmont, 1951
- Stan Ockers, Belgium, a track race in Antwerp, 1956
- Russell Mockridge, Australia, Tour of Gippsland, 1958
- 1960s
- Tom Simpson, United Kingdom, Tour de France, 1967
- José Samyn, France, a small race in Belgium, 1969
- 1970s
- Jean-Pierre Monseré, Belgium, GP Retie, 1970
- Manuel Galera, Spain, Tour of Andalusia, 1972
- Juan Manuel Santisteban, Spain, Giro d'Italia, 1976
- 1980s
- Joaquim Agostinho, Portugal, during the Tour of Algarve in 1984
- Emilio Ravasio, Italy, Giro d'Italia, 1986
- Michelle Goffin, Belgium, Tour du Haut-Var, 1987
- Vicente Mata, Belgium, Trofeo Luis Puig, 1987
- Connie Meijer, Netherlands, criterium in the Netherlands, 1988
- 1990s
- Fabio Casartelli, Italy, Tour de France, 1995
- José Antonio Espinosa, Spain, a race in Fuenlabrada, 1996
- Manuel Sanroma, Spain, Volta a Catalunya, 1999
- 2000s
- Saúl Morales, Spain, Tour of Argentina, 2000
- Nicole Reinhart, United States, Arlington Circuit Race, 2000
- Andrei Kivilev, Kazakhstan, Paris-Nice, 2003
- Juan Barrero, Colombia, Tour of Colombia, 2004
- Tim Pauwels, Belgium, a cyclo-cross race in Belgium, 2004
- Alessio Galletti, Italy, Subida al Naranco, 2005
- Isaac Gálvez, Spain, Six Days of Ghent, 2006
The following cyclists did not die during a race, but during training or another reason related to cycling:
- Adolphe Heliére, France. Drowned while swimming during a rest day of the Tour de France, 1910
- Ottavio Bottecchia, Italy, 14 June 1927. Found by the side of the road with bruises and serious skull fracture, possibly the result of a serious fall. But evidence suggests Fascist involvement behind his death.
- Antonio Martín, Spain. He was killed by a truck while training near Madrid, 1994
- Beryl Burton, United Kingdom. Heart failure, 8 May 1996
- Anders Nilsson, Sweden, 2000. National team member in Triathlon, professional. Died when hit by a car during bicycle training.
- Ricardo Otxoa, Spain. He was hit by a car during a training together with his brother Javier, who survived, 2001
- Lauri Aus, Estonia. Hit by a car on his way to the Estonian National Cycling Championship, 2003
- Stive Vermaut, Belgium. Stopped professional cycling in 2002 because of heart problems. Had a heart attack during a recreational ride in 2004 and died a few weeks later.
- Amy Gillett, Australia. Head-on collision with a car in Germany on 18 July 2005, while training with her squad.
