Drama at the Tour des Flandres amateurs: a former professional runner among the two victims

The world of cycling is in mourning. Stéphane Krafft, former professional rider of the Cofidis team, died this weekend while participating in the Tour des Flandres cyclo-touristes. He was 45 years old and suffered a heart disease in the middle of the race.

One of the two riders who died on Saturday during the cyclosports of the Tour of Flanders is Val-d-Oisien Stéphane Krafft (45 years old), professional in 2000 and 2001 at Cofidis, where he did not have the career he deserved according to those who accompanied him.

Stéphane Krafft, former pro at Cofidis, died this Saturday during the Tour of Amateur Flanders. He is part of one of the two victims. The Cofidis training confirmed the information. ...

Two participants in the Tour of Flanders for amateur cyclists died of heart failure on Saturday, a third amateur cyclist was successfully resuscitated. Intensive sports are healthy and improve life expectancy, we know. But if you do that for a long time, it can sometimes lead to heart problems. "The older you get, the greater the chance of that."

A Frenchman and a Dutchman could not be revived after some discomfort during the We Ride Flanders race, which was held this Saturday 5 April in Belgium, on the eve of the professional version.

A Dutchman and a Frenchman died after suffering from a malaise on Saturday.