What is Igor Decraene?
'''Igor Decraene''' (26 January 1996 &ndash; 30 August 2014) was a [[Belgians|Belgian]] [[cyclist]]. He had rode professionally since 2012. In 2013, he became the [[Union Cycliste Internationale|UCI]] [[UCI Road World Championships – Junior men's time trial|world junior men's time trial champion]]. The event took place on 24 September in [[Florence]], [[Tuscany]], [[Italy]]. In 2013 and 2014 he was also national champion in the time trial for juniors men. At the time of his death, he was preparing to defend his title in [[Ponferrada]], [[Spain]] on 23 September. Decraene was born in [[Waregem]], [[West Flanders]]. Decraene died in a [[train]] accident on 30 August 2014 near [[Zulte]], [[East Flanders]]. He was 18. He was riding home from a party when he was hit and killed by a train. News of his death was reported mostly as a [[suicide]], which turned out not to be true.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/sport/cycling/igor-decraene-world-junior-champion-found-dead-aged-18-20140831-10aj9k.html|title=Igor Decraene, world junior champion, found dead aged 18|newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]|date=31 August 2014|accessdate=31 August 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nieuwsblad.be/sportwereld/cnt/dmf20140830_01241812|title=Wielerbelofte Igor Decraene overleden na aanrijding door trein|work=[[Het Nieuwsblad]]|date=31 August 2014|accessdate=1 September 2014|language=Dutch|first=Jef|last=Van Hoofstat}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== * [http://www.siteducyclisme.net/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=77686 Igor Decraene] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220119205922/http://www.siteducyclisme.net/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=77686 |date=2022-01-19 }} at [http://www.siteducyclisme.net/ le site du Cyclisme] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20121204162833/http://www.siteducyclisme.net/ |date=2012-12-04 }} {{Small|{{in lang|fr}}}} {{Bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Decraene, Igor}} [[Category:1996 births]] [[Category:2014 deaths]] [[Category:Belgian cyclists]] [[Category:Peop