Claude Criquielion

Claude Criquielion
	Criquielion in 2014
Personal information
Full name	Claude Criquielion
Born	11 January 1957; Lessines, Belgium
Died	Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist.; Aalst, Belgium
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Professional team(s)
1979	Kas-Campagnolo
1980	Splendor-Admiral
1981–1982	Splendor-Wickes
1983	Euro-shop
1984	Splendor
1985–1989	Hitachi
1990–1991	Lotto
Managerial team(s)
2000–2004	Lotto
2005-	Landbouwkrediet-Colnago
Major wins
	1984 World Road Race Championship; La Flèche Wallonne (1985, 1989); Tour of Flanders (1987)
	Representing Belgium
Road bicycle racing
World Championships

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]

Palmarès

1991: 7th overall, Paris–Nice; 2nd, La Flèche Wallonne; 2nd, Liège–Bastogne–Liège
1990: 2nd, Tour du Haut Var; 8th, Tour of Flanders; 6th Giro di Lombardia; Belgium National Cycling Championship
1989: 5th, E3 Prijs Vlaanderen; 1st, La Flèche Wallonne; 2nd, Amstel Gold Race; 7th Giro d'Italia
1988: 1st, Critérium des As; 5th, Gent–Wevelgem; 3rd, Amstel Gold Race; 8th, Championnat de Zurich
1987: 1st Memorial Samyn; 10th overall, Paris–Nice; 1st Tour of Flanders; 2nd, La Flèche Wallonne; 3rd Liège–Bastogne–Liège; 7th, Giro di Lombardia
1986: 1st, GP du Midi Libre; 8th, Tour of Flanders; 3rd, La Flèche Wallonne; 4th, Liège–Bastogne–Liège; 9th, Amstel Gold Race; 1st overall, 1st mountains, 1st combined, Tour of Romandie
1985: 6th, Tour of Flanders; 1st, La Flèche Wallonne; 2nd, Liège–Bastogne–Liège; 8th, Amstel Gold Race
1984: 1st, Grand Prix Eddy Merckx; 7th, Liège–Bastogne–Liège; 7th, Giro di Lombardia; ‹The template FlagiconUCI is being considered for deletion.› 1984 World Road Race Championship
1983: 8th, Tour du Haut Var; 1st, Clásica de San Sebastián
1982: 5th overall, Paris–Nice; 1st, Brabantse Pijl; 4th, Liège–Bastogne–Liège; 9th, Giro di Lombardia

Tour de France results

1990 – 9th
1989 – 36th
1988 – 14th
1987 – 11th
1986 – 5th
1985 – 18th
1984 – 9th
1983 – 18th
1981 – 9th
1980 – 13th
1979 – 9th

References

External links

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Official Tour de France results for Claude Criquielion
Palmares on Cycling Base (French)

[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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1980–1999	Michel Pollentier (1980) Hennie Kuiper (1981) René Martens (1982) Jan Raas (1983) Johan Lammerts (1984) Eric Vanderaerden (1985) Adri van der Poel (1986) Claude Criquielion (1987) Eddy Planckaert (1988) Edwig Van Hooydonck (1989) Moreno Argentin (1990) Edwig Van Hooydonck (1991) Jacky Durand (1992) Johan Museeuw (1993) Gianni Bugno (1994) Johan Museeuw (1995) Michele Bartoli (1996) Rolf Sørensen (1997) Johan Museeuw (1998) Peter Van Petegem (1999)
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