Claude Criquielion

Claude Criquielion
Criquielion in 2014
Personal information
Full name Claude Criquielion
Born (1957-01-11)11 January 1957
Lessines, Belgium
Died 18 February 2015(2015-02-18) (aged 58)
Aalst, Belgium
Team information
Current team Retired
Discipline Road
Role Rider
Professional team(s)
1979 Kas–Campagnolo
1980–1989 Splendor
1990–1991 Lotto–Superclub
Managerial team(s)
2000–2004 Lotto–Adecco
2005-2006 Landbouwkrediet–Colnago
Major wins
1984 World Road Race Championship
La Flèche Wallonne (1985, 1989)
Tour of Flanders (1987)
Tour de Romandie (1986)
Clásica de San Sebastián (1983)

Claude Criquielion (11 January 1957 – 18 February 2015) was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer who raced between 1979 and 1990. In 1984, Criquielion became the world road race champion in Barcelona, Spain on a gruelling course. He had five top-ten finishes in the Tour de France.

Criquielion was well placed to win a medal in the 1988 world road race championship in Belgium. However, he crashed in sight of the line when another competitor, Steve Bauer of Canada, clashed with him. The third rider, Maurizio Fondriest, went on to win. Bauer was disqualified and Criquielion sued Bauer for assault, asking for $1.5 million in damages in a case that lasted more than three years before the judge ruled in Bauer's favor.

Criquielion was directeur sportif of the Lotto–Adecco team from 2000 to 2004. His son, Mathieu Criquielion, turned professional for the Landbouwkrediet-Colnago team in 2005; Claude Criquielion became the team's manager.

From 2006 until his death Criquielion was an alderman for the liberal MR in Lessines.

In the night of 15 to 16 February 2015, Criquielion suffered a cerebrovascular accident and he was hospitalized in critical condition.[1] Criquelion died at 9:00 AM on 18 February 2015 in a hospital in Aalst.[2][3]

Career achievements

Major results

Tour de France results

References

  1. ↑ Ex-wereldkampioen wielrennen Criquielion kritiek na hersenberoerte
  2. ↑ Claude Criquielion overleden
  3. ↑ Claudy Criquielion: Cyclist whose many wins were overshadowed by a race he famously lost and the ensuing legal fall-out
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