Stig Broeckx

Stig Broeckx
Personal information
Born (1990-05-10) May 10, 1990
Mol, Belgium
Height 188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 73 kg (161 lb)
Team information
Discipline Road
Role Rider
Amateur team(s)
2012-2013 Lotto-Belisol U23
2013 Lotto–Belisol (trainee)
Professional team(s)
2014–2016 Lotto–Belisol

Stig Broeckx (born May 10, 1990 in Mol) is a Belgian cyclist formerly signed to Lotto–Soudal.[1]

Career

During the 2016 Tour of Belgium, Broeckx was in a crash involving 19 riders caused by motorbikes on a descent. He was one of the 11 riders hospitalized.[2] He was reported to suffer severe injuries and was placed in an induced coma at the hospital in Gent.[3] In June 2016, Lotto Soudal team issued a medical update explaining that Stig Broeckx was in a vegetative state with severe brain damage, with attempts to bring him out of his coma so far unsuccessful.[4] A further update in September 2016 stated that Broeckx is now being cared for in a rehabilitation centre in Overpelt, and is considered to be in a minimally conscious state.[5] In December 2016 Team Doctor Servaes Bingé confirmed Broeckx is out of a coma.[6]

Major results

2007
2nd Stage Liège-La Gleize
2012
9th Overall Okolo Slovenska
9th Flèche Ardennaise
2013
2nd Omloop Het Nieuwsblad Beloften
3rd Overall Ardennes Triptych
7th Overall Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux
8th Overall World Ports Classic
1st Youth classification
2014
10th Dwars door Drenthe
2015
5th Binche–Chimay–Binche
2016
7th Overall Tour of Turkey

References

  1. ↑ "Stig Broeckx » Lotto Belisol". Retrieved 19 May 2014.
  2. ↑ "Belgium Tour stage 3 abandoned after motorbikes cause big crash". Cycling News. 28 May 2016. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
  3. ↑ "Update Stig Broeckx". Retrieved 2016-06-26.
  4. ↑ Peloton reacts to news of Stig Broeckx brain damage
  5. ↑ Broeckx transferred to rehabilitation
  6. ↑ "Stig Broeckx officially out of coma, team doctor says | Cyclingnews.com". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2017-02-28.


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