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Claude Criquielion (11 January 1957 – 18 February 2015) was a Belgian professional
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who raced between 1979 and 1990. In 1984, Criquielion became the world road race champion in
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on a gruelling course. He had five top-ten finishes in the
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. Criquielion was well placed to win a medal in the 1988 world road race championship in Belgium. However, he crashed in sight of the line when another competitor, Steve Bauer of
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, clashed with him. The third rider,
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, went on to win. Bauer was disqualified and Criquielion sued Bauer for assault, asking for $1.5 million in damages in a case that lasted more than three years before the judge ruled in Bauer's favor. At the national championship race in 1985, he tested positive for Pervitin, but received no repercussions. The head of the laboratory at
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, which had administered the analysis, subsequently resigned his post in the Medical Commission of the Belgian Cycling Association (KBWB) in protest. Criquielion was directeur sportif of the team from 2000 to 2004. His son, Mathieu Criquielion, turned professional for the Landbouwkrediet-Colnago team in 2005; Claude Criquielion became the team's manager. From 2006 until his death Criquielion was an
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for the liberal MR in
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. During the night of 15-16 February 2015, Criquielion suffered a cerebrovascular accident and he was hospitalized in critical condition. Criquelion died at 9:00 AM on 18 February 2015 in a hospital in Aalst.


Career achievements


Major results

;1979 : 1st Escalada a Montjuïc : 1st Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme : 1st Escalada a Montjuïc : 9th Overall
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;1980 : Tirreno–Adriatico ::1st Stage 4 : Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré ::1st Stage 3b : 3rd Overall
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;1981 : 9th Overall
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;1982 : 1st Brabantse Pijl : 4th
Liège–Bastogne–Liège Liège–Bastogne–Liège, also known as ''La Doyenne'' ("The Old Lady"), is a one-day classic cycling race in Belgium.Cycling Weekly, UK, 13 March 1993 First run in 1892, it is the oldest of the five ''Monuments'' of the European professional ...
: 5th Overall
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: 9th Giro di Lombardia ;1983 : 1st
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: 8th Tour du Haut Var ;1984 : 1st
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,
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: 1st Grand Prix Eddy Merckx : 1st Escalada a Montjuïc :
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:: 1st Stage 1 : 1st Escalada a Montjuïc : 2nd G.P de Wallonie : 3rd Critérium des As : 7th
Liège–Bastogne–Liège Liège–Bastogne–Liège, also known as ''La Doyenne'' ("The Old Lady"), is a one-day classic cycling race in Belgium.Cycling Weekly, UK, 13 March 1993 First run in 1892, it is the oldest of the five ''Monuments'' of the European professional ...
: 7th Giro di Lombardia : 9th Overall
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;1985 : 1st La Flèche Wallonne : 1st Polynormande : 2nd
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: 2nd
Liège–Bastogne–Liège Liège–Bastogne–Liège, also known as ''La Doyenne'' ("The Old Lady"), is a one-day classic cycling race in Belgium.Cycling Weekly, UK, 13 March 1993 First run in 1892, it is the oldest of the five ''Monuments'' of the European professional ...
: 2nd Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen : 3rd G.P de Wallonie : 3rd Critérium des As : 6th
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: 8th Amstel Gold Race ;1986 : 1st Overall
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::1st Mountains classification ::1st Combined classification : 1st Overall
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: 1st Grand Prix du Midi Libre :: 1st Stage 2 and 4 :: Points classification : 3rd La Flèche Wallonne : 3rd Super Prestige Pernod : 4th
Liège–Bastogne–Liège Liège–Bastogne–Liège, also known as ''La Doyenne'' ("The Old Lady"), is a one-day classic cycling race in Belgium.Cycling Weekly, UK, 13 March 1993 First run in 1892, it is the oldest of the five ''Monuments'' of the European professional ...
: 5th Overall
Tour de France The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage bicycle race primarily held in France, while also occasionally passing through nearby countries. Like the other Grand Tours (the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a España), it consist ...
: 8th
Tour of Flanders The Tour of Flanders ( nl, Ronde van Vlaanderen), also known as ''De Ronde'' (''"The Tour"''), is an annual road cycling race held in Belgium every spring. The most important cycling race in Flanders, it is part of the UCI World Tour and orga ...
: 9th Amstel Gold Race ;1987 : 1st Grand Prix José Samyn : 1st
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: 1st GP de Fayt-le-Franc :
Tour de Luxembourg The Tour de Luxembourg is an annual stage race in professional road bicycle racing held in Luxembourg. The Tour de Luxembourg is classified as a 2.Pro race, the highest rating below the World Tour, by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), the ...
:: 1st Stage 4 : 2nd La Flèche Wallonne : 3rd
Liège–Bastogne–Liège Liège–Bastogne–Liège, also known as ''La Doyenne'' ("The Old Lady"), is a one-day classic cycling race in Belgium.Cycling Weekly, UK, 13 March 1993 First run in 1892, it is the oldest of the five ''Monuments'' of the European professional ...
: 3rd Super Prestige Pernod : 7th Giro di Lombardia : 10th Overall
Paris–Nice Paris–Nice is a professional cycling stage race in France, held annually since 1933. Raced over eight days, the race usually starts with a prologue in the Paris region and ends with a final stage either in Nice or on the Col d'Èze overlook ...
;1988 : 1st Critérium des As : 1st GP de Wallonie : 1st GP de Purnode : 1st Grand Prix du Midi Libre :: 1st Stage 2 : 2nd Tour du Vaucluse : 3rd Amstel Gold Race : 5th Gent–Wevelgem : 8th Züri–Metzgete ;1989 : 1st La Flèche Wallonne : 1st GP Michel Goffin à Huppaye : 2nd Amstel Gold Race : 5th E3 Prijs Vlaanderen : 7th Overall Giro d'Italia ;1990 : 1st
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, National Road Championships : 2nd Tour du Haut Var : 8th
Tour of Flanders The Tour of Flanders ( nl, Ronde van Vlaanderen), also known as ''De Ronde'' (''"The Tour"''), is an annual road cycling race held in Belgium every spring. The most important cycling race in Flanders, it is part of the UCI World Tour and orga ...
: 6th Giro di Lombardia : 9th Overall
Tour de France The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage bicycle race primarily held in France, while also occasionally passing through nearby countries. Like the other Grand Tours (the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a España), it consist ...
;1991 : 2nd
Liège–Bastogne–Liège Liège–Bastogne–Liège, also known as ''La Doyenne'' ("The Old Lady"), is a one-day classic cycling race in Belgium.Cycling Weekly, UK, 13 March 1993 First run in 1892, it is the oldest of the five ''Monuments'' of the European professional ...
: 2nd La Flèche Wallonne : 7th Overall
Paris–Nice Paris–Nice is a professional cycling stage race in France, held annually since 1933. Raced over eight days, the race usually starts with a prologue in the Paris region and ends with a final stage either in Nice or on the Col d'Èze overlook ...
Source


Grand Tour general classification results timeline


References


External links

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Official Tour de France results for Claude CriquielionPalmares on Cycling Base
{{DEFAULTSORT:Criquielion, Claude Belgian male cyclists UCI Road World Champions (elite men) Walloon sportspeople 1957 births 2015 deaths People from Lessines Cyclists from Hainaut (province)