The Wanty-Gobert team has confirmed the death of Belgian cyclist Antoine Demoitie after an accident during Sunday's stage of the Genk-Wevelgem classic.
The team posted a photo on its official Twitter and Facebook pages showing a black-and-white photograph of the cyclist, with the text "Antoine Demoitie 1990-2016" and said a statement would be issued later Monday.
Demoitie was among several competitors involved in a fall and local media reported he was struck by a motorbike.
The team said he had been taken to the intensive care unit of a hospital in the northern French city of Lille and his wife and family had joined him there.
- AP
