{"id":585703,"date":"2026-04-04T20:59:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T20:59:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/585703\/"},"modified":"2026-04-04T20:59:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T20:59:08","slug":"british-man-dies-during-tour-of-flanders-amateur-ride-two-other-riders-resuscitated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/585703\/","title":{"rendered":"British man dies during Tour of Flanders amateur ride, two other riders resuscitated"},"content":{"rendered":"

A British man died during the Tour of Flanders sportive in Belgium on Saturday. According to Het Nieuwsblad<\/a>, the 51-year-old collapsed of a likely heart attack before the Hotond climb near Ronse. According to the report, the man was participating in the We Ride Flanders tour with his son.<\/p>\n

“This is the last thing you want as an organization,” organiser Gert Van Goolen said.<\/p>\n

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“We received a report that a man had fallen; a medical team was quickly on the scene and was able to resuscitate him. Unfortunately, the man died at the scene,” Van Goolen said in a statement to Radio 1.<\/p>\n

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“This is the last thing you want as an organization. You hope that 14,000 people can have a nice day here and you know there are risks, but you really don’t want this.”<\/p>\n

The longest distance in the event was the 247-kilometre route starting in Antwerp and ending in Oudenaarde. Other ride distances – 79 km, 133 km and 163 km – started and finished in Oudenaarde. It is unclear which route the man had chosen because all four include the Hotond, which is the fourth to last climb.<\/p>\n

Two other incidents occurred during Saturday’s event, one involving a 57-year-old Dutch man and later a second British rider who was rescued on the Oude Kwaremont. Both were taken to hospital.<\/p>\n

In 2025, two We Ride Flanders participants died during the event, including St\u00e9phane Krafft, 45, a former professional rider with the Cofidis team.<\/p>\n

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