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Richard Depoorter

Depoorter with Super
Personal information
Born	(1915-04-29)29 April 1915 Ichtegem, Belgium
Died	16 June 1948(1948-06-16) (aged 33) Wassen, Switzerland
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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. He crashed into a tunnel wall on a "descent of the Sustenpas near Bern" during the 1948 Tour of Switzerland and died onsite or shortly thereafter due to his injuries.

See also

• List of professional cyclists who died during a race

References

1. "Richard Depoorter". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
2. Pelkey, Charles (2 September 2009). "The Explainer — Surviving in the hardest of times". VeloNews.Com. Retrieved 17 July 2012.
3. "Richard Depoorter". Cyclingarchives.com. 29 April 1915. Retrieved 17 July 2012.
4. "Richard Depoorter". Memoire di cyclisme. Archived from the original on 13 March 2013. Retrieved 17 July 2012.
5. "Richard Depoorter (body being carried off road after fatal accident)". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 11 July 2012.

External links

• Richard Depoorter at Cycling Archives (archived)
• Richard Depoorter at ProCyclingStats

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