The young promise of Belgian cycling, Tuur Hancke He died on his 19th birthday.as reported by his team, The Lead Out Cycling Academy, on social networks.
“With great sadness, the team has learned of the sudden death of Tuur Hancke. Hancke had been racing with our junior team since 2022 and this was his last season in the category. The riders and staff of the team will always have great memories of Tuur. Always respectful, always smiling and very nice to everyone. We will no longer be together to create new memories,” the statement begins.
“We wish everyone who knew Tuur a lot of strength, especially his family, his colleagues and his friends inside and outside the team”, concludes.
The death of the young cyclist took place last Monday. A few days after Arne Houtekier, team manager, announced that the young man had decided to retire at the end of the season.
In this sense, as he himself pointed out, Tuur realized that he did not would enter the professional group in the coming years. Furthermore, the combination of studies with training was being very complicated to combine.
Tuur Hancke was born in Lo-Reninge (West Flanders) on November 25, 2005 and had stood out in the junior category, achieving a third place in the Edewalle Classics.
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