title: Geert Van de Walle
text: # Geert Van de Walle
  
  Geert Van de Walle (6 December 1964 – 26 November 1988) was a Belgian cyclist. He was Belgian amateur champion in 1985, whereupon he immediately signed a contract with the Lotto team for whom he rode in 1986 and 1987. In 1988, he switched to Isoglass-Robland.
  
  On 26 November 1988, he died of a heart attack during a training ride with friends, ten days before his 24th birthday.
  
  ## Doping
  
  His death was noted by Willy Voet in his book Massacre à la chaîne although he acknowledged the impossibility of proving the link between these early deaths and the drugs taken while racing.
  
  