Daan Myngheer (13 April 1993 – 28 March 2016) was a Belgian cyclist who rode for the Roubaix Metropole Europeenne de Lille team.[1]

Daan Myngheer
Myngheer at the Grand Prix de la Ville de Lillers in Lillers, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France in March 2016, the month of his death
Personal information
Born(1993-04-13)13 April 1993
Roeselare, Belgium
Died28 March 2016(2016-03-28) (aged 22)
Ajaccio, France
Team information
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Professional teams
2015Verandas Willems
2016Roubaix–Métropole Européenne de Lille

In March 2016, he suffered a heart attack during the first stage of the 2016 Critérium International race in Corsica, France and died in hospital two days later.[2][3]

Major results

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2011
1st Road race, National Junior Road Championships
1st Omloop Mandel-Leie-Schelde Juniors
2013
1st Road race, West Flanders Under-23 Road Championships
1st Overall Ronde van Oost-Vlaanderen
1st Stage 2
1st Brussels–Zepperen
10th Rund um den Finanzplatz Eschborn-Frankfurt U23
2014
1st Stage 3 (TTT) Essor Breton
5th Kattekoers
5th Rund um den Finanzplatz Eschborn-Frankfurt U23
2015
4th Grand Prix Criquielion
7th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad U23
9th Ster van Zwolle

See also

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References

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  1. "Daan Myngheer". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  2. "Daan Myngheer dies from heart attack". cyclingnews.com. 29 March 2016. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  3. "Daan Myngheer: Cycling mourns second Belgian death". BBC Sport. 29 March 2016. Retrieved 31 March 2016.