Richard Depoorter
Belgian cyclist
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1915-04-29)29 April 1915 Ichtegem, Belgium |
| Died | 16 June 1948(1948-06-16) (aged 33) Wassen, Switzerland |
| Team information | |
| 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.[1] He crashed into a tunnel wall on a "descent of the Sustenpas near Bern"[2] during the 1948 Tour of Switzerland and died onsite or shortly thereafter due to his injuries.[3][4][5]
See also
References
- ^ "Richard Depoorter". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
- ^ Pelkey, Charles (2 September 2009). "The Explainer — Surviving in the hardest of times". VeloNews.Com. Retrieved 17 July 2012.
- ^ "Richard Depoorter". Cyclingarchives.com. 29 April 1915. Retrieved 17 July 2012.
- ^ "Richard Depoorter". Memoire di cyclisme. Retrieved 17 July 2012.
- ^ "Richard Depoorter (body being carried off road after fatal accident)". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
External links
- Richard Depoorter at Cycling Archives
- Richard Depoorter at ProCyclingStats
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Liège–Bastogne–Liège winners
- Léon Houa (1892–1894)
- (1895–1907, not held)
- André Trousselier (1908)
- Victor Fastre (1909)
- (1910, not held)
- Joseph Van Daele (1911)
- Omer Verschoore (1912)
- Maurice Moritz (1913)
- (1914–1918, not held)
- Léon Devos (1919)
- Léon Scieur (1920)
- Louis Mottiat (1921–1922)
- René Vermandel (1923–1924)
- Georges Ronsse (1925)
- Dieudonné Smets (1926)
- Maurice Raes (1927)
- Ernest Mottard (1928)
- Alphonse Schepers (1929)
- Hermann Buse (1930)
- Alphonse Schepers (1931)
- Marcel Houyoux (1932)
- François Gardier (1933)
- Théo Herckenrath (1934)
- Alphonse Schepers (1935)
- Albert Beckaert (1936)
- Éloi Meulenberg (1937)
- Alfons Deloor (1938)
- Albert Ritserveldt (1939)
- (1940–1942, not held)
- Richard Depoorter (1943)
- (1944, not held)
- Jan Engels (1945)
- Prosper Depredomme (1946)
- Richard Depoorter (1947)
- Maurice Mollin (1948)
- Camille Danguillaume (1949)
- Prosper Depredomme (1950)
- Ferdinand Kübler (1951–1952)
- Alois De Hertog (1953)
- Marcel Ernzer (1954)
- Stan Ockers (1955)
- Fred De Bruyne (1956)
- Frans Schoubben and Germain Derycke (1957)
- Fred De Bruyne (1958–1959)
- Albertus Geldermans (1960)
- Rik Van Looy (1961)
- Jef Planckaert (1962)
- Frans Melckenbeeck (1963)
- Willy Bocklant (1964)
- Carmine Preziosi (1965)
- Jacques Anquetil (1966)
- Walter Godefroot (1967)
- Valère Van Sweevelt (1968)
- Eddy Merckx (1969)
- Roger De Vlaeminck (1970)
- Eddy Merckx (1971–1973)
- Georges Pintens (1974)
- Eddy Merckx (1975)
- Joseph Bruyère (1976)
- Bernard Hinault (1977)
- Joseph Bruyère (1978)
- Dietrich Thurau (1979)
- Bernard Hinault (1980)
- Josef Fuchs (1981)
- Silvano Contini (1982)
- Steven Rooks (1983)
- Sean Kelly (1984)
- Moreno Argentin (1985–1987)
- Adri van der Poel (1988)
- Sean Kelly (1989)
- Eric Van Lancker (1990)
- Moreno Argentin (1991)
- Dirk De Wolf (1992)
- Rolf Sørensen (1993)
- Evgeni Berzin (1994)
- Mauro Gianetti (1995)
- Pascal Richard (1996)
- Michele Bartoli (1997–1998)
- Frank Vandenbroucke (1999)
- Paolo Bettini (2000)
- Oscar Camenzind (2001)
- Paolo Bettini (2002)
- Tyler Hamilton (2003)
- Davide Rebellin (2004)
- Alexander Vinokourov (2005)
- Alejandro Valverde (2006)
- Danilo Di Luca (2007)
- Alejandro Valverde (2008)
- Andy Schleck (2009)
- Alexander Vinokourov (2010)
- Philippe Gilbert (2011)
- Maxim Iglinsky (2012)
- Dan Martin (2013)
- Simon Gerrans (2014)
- Alejandro Valverde (2015)
- Wout Poels (2016)
- Alejandro Valverde (2017)
- Bob Jungels (2018)
- Jakob Fuglsang (2019)
- Primož Roglič (2020)
- Tadej Pogačar (2021)
- Remco Evenepoel (2022–2023)
- Tadej Pogačar (2024)
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