Belgian rider Antoine Demoitie dies after being hit by motorbike at Gent-Wevelgem

ByEurosport

Updated 29/03/2016 at 09:26 GMT

Belgium’s Antoine Demoitie has died in hospital after being hit by a motorbike following a fall during the Gent-Wevelgem classic.

Antoine Demoitie (16.10.1990 - 27.03.2016)

Image credit: Imago

"The rider died. An inquiry is under way to determine the circumstances," Frederic Evrard, spokesman for the Nord-Pas-de-Calais regional gendarmerie in France, told Agence France Presse.

The 25-year-old Wanty-Gobert rider was taken to the University Hospital of Lille after the accident during a section of the race in Northern France.

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