{"id":286411,"date":"2025-11-27T16:29:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T16:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/286411\/"},"modified":"2025-11-27T16:29:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T16:29:08","slug":"former-soudal-quickstep-boss-patrick-lefevere-leaves-hospital-after-over-three-weeks-of-treatment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/286411\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Soudal-QuickStep boss Patrick Lefevere leaves hospital after over three weeks of treatment"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former Soudal-QuickStep<\/a> boss Patrick Lefevere has thanked medical staff for their attention after spending over three weeks in hospital.<\/p>\n

Lefevere, 70, did not provide indications of what the illness had been, but he said he was “on the right path” after a lengthy spell of medical treatment.<\/p>\n

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“To everyone, after 24 difficult days of being seriously ill, I’ve received the best possible care,” Lefevere wrote on an Instagram post.<\/p>\n

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“I am now allowed to leave the hospital. A long recovery lies ahead but I’m on the right path.<\/p>\n

“Thank you to all specialists and nurses for the excellent treatment.”<\/p>\n

A former pro and sports director since 1980, Lefevere was in charge of Belgium’s most successful team of this century, currently known as Soudal-QuickStep, for more than two decades. As had been expected for a year, he handed over his post to new CEO Jurgen For\u00e9 last December.<\/a><\/p>\n

Last March, Lefevere had a much briefer stay in hospital after falling ill in a restaurant<\/a>. He remained conscious during the incident and was taken to an intensive care unit in Gent University Hospital, but was released the next day.<\/p>\n

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