Michael Goolaerts

Michael Goolaerts
	Goolaerts in 2017
Personal information
Born	24 July 1994; Lier, Belgium
Died	8 April 2018 (aged 23); Lille, France
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	80 kg (176 lb)
Team information
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
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Michael Goolaerts (Dutch: [ˈɣoːlaːrts]; 24 July 1994 – 8 April 2018) was a Belgian cyclist who rode for You have called {{Contentious topics}}. You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:

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{{Contentious topics/list}} and {{Contentious topics/table}} show which topics are currently designated as contentious topics. They are used by a number of templates and pages on Wikipedia..^[1] During the 2018 Paris–Roubaix, Goolaerts suffered cardiac arrest. He was airlifted to a hospital in Lille, where he died hours later.^[2]^[3]

Biography

Goolaerts was born in Lier and grew up in Hallaar, Heist-op-den-Berg, where he became a member of the Balen Bicycle Club.^[4] He won the provincial individual time trial championship title of Antwerp in the newcomers category in 2010.^[5] He also won the individual time trial championship title in the juniors category in 2011.^[6] In 2012, he was part of the teams that won Belgian national junior championship titles in the team pursuit^[7] and the team sprint.^[8] That year he also finished eighth in the junior version of the Tour of Flanders.^[8]

He joined the Verandas Willems team as a stagiaire in the second half of 2013, and went on to secure a full-time contract with the team the following year. In 2015 he joined Lotto-Soudal's development team.^[8]

Goolaerts joined You have called {{Contentious topics}}. You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:

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{{Contentious topics/list}} and {{Contentious topics/table}} show which topics are currently designated as contentious topics. They are used by a number of templates and pages on Wikipedia. for the 2017 season. He made his debut in the Étoile de Bessèges,^[9] and had a top-10 position in the GP Briek Schotte.^[10] That year he also made the early breakaways in the Tour of Flanders, where he remained in the front group for over 200 km, Halle–Ingooigem, where his performance earned the praise of Tom Boonen,^[8] and Paris-Tours.^[11] At the start of the 2018 season he placed ninth in Dwars door West–Vlaanderen.^[12]

On 8 April 2018, Goolaerts started in his first Paris–Roubaix. On the second cobbled sector, at Briastre, after 109 km of racing, he suffered cardiorespiratory arrest and lay unresponsive on the ground.^[2] He was resuscitated by paramedics and transferred by helicopter to CHRU-Hospital in Lille.^[13]^[14] He died later that evening.^[3] An autopsy concluded that he had suffered a cardiac arrest before he fell from his bike.^[15]

In May 2018 it was announced that the cobbled section where he crashed would be renamed the "Secteur Pavé Michael Goolaerts" in his honour, and that his family would be invited to unveil a monument at the site of his fall the following month.^[14]

Major results

As of April 2018^[1]^[8]

2012: 1st Team sprint, National Junior Track Championships; 8th Junior Tour of Flanders
2015: 4th Paris–Chauny
2016: 1st Stage 1 Tour du Loir-et-Cher; 9th Nationale Sluitingprijs
2018: 9th Dwars door West–Vlaanderen

References

^ ^a ^b "Michael Goolaerts". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Paris-Roubaix: Michael Goolaerts dies after crash". 8 April 2018. Retrieved 8 April 2018 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
^ ^a ^b "Michael Goolaerts dies following cardiac arrest at Paris-Roubaix". Cyclingnews. Immediate Media Company. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
^ Van Den Langenbergh, Guy. "RIP Michael Goolaerts: De dag dat woorden tekort schieten". Het Nieuwsblad (in Dutch). Mediahuis. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
^ "Provincial Championship Antwerpen, Road, ITT, Novices, Belgium 2010". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
^ "Provincial Championship Antwerpen, Road, ITT, Juniors, Belgium 2011". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
^ "National Championship, Track, Team Pursuit, Juniors, Belgium 2012". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Fletcher, Patrick (9 April 2018). "Michael Goolaerts - Obituary". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
^ "Etoile de Besseges: Arnaud Demare sprints to stage 1 victory". Cyclingnews. Immediate Media Company. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
^ "GP Memorial Briek Schotte - Desselgem". nieuwsblad. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
^ "Matteo Trentin wins Paris-Tours from late attack". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
^ "2018 Dwars door West-Vlaanderen". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
^ "Goolaerts suffers cardiac arrest at Paris-Roubaix". CyclingNews.com. 8 April 2018. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
^ ^a ^b Robertshaw, Henry (31 May 2018). "Secteur Pavé Michael Goolaerts: Paris-Roubaix remembers fallen rider by renaming cobbled sector". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
^ "Goolaerts suffered heart attack before crash: autopsy". AFP. 11 April 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2018.

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[PCS-1] "Michael Goolaerts". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 9 April 2018.

[BBC-2] "Paris-Roubaix: Michael Goolaerts dies after crash". 8 April 2018. Retrieved 8 April 2018 – via www.bbc.co.uk.

[CN1-3] "Michael Goolaerts dies following cardiac arrest at Paris-Roubaix". Cyclingnews. Immediate Media Company. Retrieved 8 April 2018.

[4] Van Den Langenbergh, Guy. "RIP Michael Goolaerts: De dag dat woorden tekort schieten". Het Nieuwsblad (in Dutch). Mediahuis. Retrieved 9 April 2018.

[5] "Provincial Championship Antwerpen, Road, ITT, Novices, Belgium 2010". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 9 April 2018.

[6] "Provincial Championship Antwerpen, Road, ITT, Juniors, Belgium 2011". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 9 April 2018.

[7] "National Championship, Track, Team Pursuit, Juniors, Belgium 2012". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 9 April 2018.

[obit-8] Fletcher, Patrick (9 April 2018). "Michael Goolaerts - Obituary". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 10 April 2018.

[9] "Etoile de Besseges: Arnaud Demare sprints to stage 1 victory". Cyclingnews. Immediate Media Company. Retrieved 8 April 2018.

[10] "GP Memorial Briek Schotte - Desselgem". nieuwsblad. Retrieved 9 April 2018.

[11] "Matteo Trentin wins Paris-Tours from late attack". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 9 April 2018.

[12] "2018 Dwars door West-Vlaanderen". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 9 April 2018.

[13] "Goolaerts suffers cardiac arrest at Paris-Roubaix". CyclingNews.com. 8 April 2018. Retrieved 8 April 2018.

[cw-14] Robertshaw, Henry (31 May 2018). "Secteur Pavé Michael Goolaerts: Paris-Roubaix remembers fallen rider by renaming cobbled sector". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 2 June 2018.

[15] "Goolaerts suffered heart attack before crash: autopsy". AFP. 11 April 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2018.

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