Autopsy report: Goolaerts suffered a heart attack before falling

Cambrai (SID) The late Belgian professional cyclist Michael Goolaerts suffered a heart attack before crashing heavily in the Paris-Roubaix spring classic. The autopsy report confirmed this on Wednesday. The 23-year-old was flown to Lille hospital with a cardiac arrest and died there at around 22.40:XNUMX p.m. in the presence of his family and closest friends. "The autopsy confirms the hypothesis that the death occurred due to a heart attack," said Remy Schwartz, public prosecutor for the French municipality of Cambrai, to the AFP news agency: "He had a heart attack during the race. His heart stopped, that's why he had an accident ." The tragedy also had an impact on the Brabant Arrow one-day race. At the start, the entire field of drivers and fans held a minute's silence for Goolaerts. His team, Veranda's Willems-Crelan, stood in the front row in mourning, and his teammates also wore a mourning ribbon with the words "ALL4GOOLIE" written on it. The 58th edition of the Belgian one-day classic was won by local hero Tim Wellens (Lotto-Soudal), who was able to pull away from the peloton shortly before the finish. The 26-year-old dedicated the victory to his late compatriot. “It hurts my heart,” said Wellens at Eurosport. Experts will now conduct forensic toxicology to determine the exact cause of the heart attack. According to the public prosecutor's office, this could take a few weeks. Goolaerts fell after a good 100 of the total 256,3 kilometers of racing on the second cobblestone sector, Briastre.

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Autopsy report: Goolaerts suffered a heart attack before falling

The late Belgian professional cyclist Michael Goolaerts suffered a heart attack before crashing heavily in the Paris-Roubaix spring classic. The autopsy report confirmed this on Wednesday.

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