Claude Criquielion

Claude Criquielion

Personal information
Full name	Claude Criquielion
Born	(1957-01-11)11 January 1957 Lessines, Belgium
Died	18 February 2015(2015-02-18) (aged 58) Aalst, Belgium
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Professional team(s)
1979	Kas-Campagnolo
1980	Splendor-Admiral
1981–1982	Splendor-Wickes
1983	Euro-shop
1984	Splendor
1985–1989	Hitachi
1990–1991	Lotto
Managerial team(s)
2000–2004	Lotto
2005-	Landbouwkrediet-Colnago
Major wins
1984 World Road Race Championship La Flèche Wallonne (1985, 1989) Tour of Flanders (1987)
Medal record Competitor for  Belgium Road bicycle racing World Championships Gold 1984 Barcelona Elite Men's Road Race
Infobox last updated on 18 February 2015

Claude Criquielion (11 January 1957 – 18 February 2015) was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer who raced between 1979 and 1990. In 1984, Criquielion became the world road race champion in Barcelona, Spain on a gruelling course. He had five top-ten finishes in the Tour de France.

Criquielion was well placed to win a medal in the 1988 world road race championship in Belgium. However, he crashed in sight of the line when another competitor, Steve Bauer of Canada, clashed with him. The third rider, Maurizio Fondriest, went on to win. Bauer was disqualified and Criquielion sued Bauer for assault, asking for $1.5 million in damages in a case that lasted more than three years before the judge ruled in Bauer's favor.

Criquielion was directeur sportif of the Lotto-Adecco team from 2000 to 2004. His son, Mathieu Criquielion, turned professional for the Landbouwkrediet-Colnago team in 2005; Claude Criquielion became the team's manager.

From 2006 until his death Criquielion was an alderman for the liberal MR in Lessines.

In the night of 15 to 16 February 2015, Criquielion suffered a cerebrovascular accident and he was hospitalized in critical condition.^[1] Criquelion died at 9:00 AM on 18 February 2015 in a hospital in Aalst.^[2]

Palmarès

Tour de France results

• 1990 – 9th
• 1989 – 36th
• 1988 – 14th
• 1987 – 11th
• 1986 – 5th
• 1985 – 18th
• 1984 – 9th
• 1983 – 18th
• 1981 – 9th
• 1980 – 13th
• 1979 – 9th

Reference

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Claude Criquielion.

• Claude Criquielion profile at Cycling Archives
• Official Tour de France results for Claude Criquielion
• Palmares on Cycling Base (French)

UCI Road World Champions – Men's road race 1927 Binda 1928 Ronsse 1929 Ronsse 1930 Binda 1931 Guerra 1932 Binda 1933 Speicher 1934 Kaers 1935 Aerts 1936 Magne 1937 Meulenberg 1938 Kint 1946 Knecht 1947 Middelkamp 1948 Schotte 1949 Van Steenbergen 1950 Schotte 1951 Kübler 1952 Müller 1953 Coppi 1954 Bobet 1955 Ockers 1956 Van Steenbergen 1957 Van Steenbergen 1958 Baldini 1959 Darrigade 1960 Van Looy 1961 Van Looy 1962 Stablinski 1963 Beheyt 1964 Janssen 1965 Simpson 1966 Altig 1967 E. Merckx 1968 Adorni 1969 Ottenbros 1970 Monseré 1971 E. Merckx 1972 M. Basso 1973 Gimondi 1974 E. Merckx 1975 Kuiper 1976 Maertens 1977 F. Moser 1978 Knetemann 1979 Raas 1980 B. Hinault 1981 Maertens 1982 Saronni 1983 LeMond 1984 Criquielion 1985 Zoetemelk 1986 Argentin 1987 S. Roche 1988 Fondriest 1989 LeMond 1990 Dhaenens 1991 Bugno 1992 Bugno 1993 Armstrong 1994 Leblanc 1995 Olano 1996 Museeuw 1997 Brochard 1998 Camenzind 1999 Freire 2000 Vainšteins 2001 Freire 2002 Cipollini 2003 Astarloa 2004 Freire 2005 Boonen 2006 Bettini 2007 Bettini 2008 Ballan 2009 Evans 2010 Hushovd 2011 Cavendish 2012 Gilbert 2013 Costa 2014 Kwiatkowski