Frederiek Nolf (10 February 1987 – 5 February 2009) was a

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professional

road bicycle racer Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on paved roads. Road racing is the most popular professional form of bicycle racing, in terms of numbers of competitors, events and spectators. The two most common ...

, who died in

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in his sleep of an apparent heart attack between stages 4 and 5 of the

2009 Tour of Qatar The 2009 Tour of Qatar was held from 1 February to 6 February 2009 in Qatar. It was a multiple stage road cycling race that took part over six stages with a total of and was part of the 2008-2009 UCI Asia Tour. The Race was won by Tom Boonen o ...

. Nolf was born in

Kortrijk Kortrijk ( , ; vls, Kortryk or ''Kortrik''; french: Courtrai ; la, Cortoriacum), sometimes known in English as Courtrai or Courtray ( ), is a Belgian City status in Belgium, city and Municipalities in Belgium, municipality in the Flemish Regio ...

. He was a friend of cyclist

Wouter Weylandt Wouter Weylandt (27 September 1984 – 9 May 2011) was a Belgian professional cyclist for UCI ProTeam and later for . His first major win was the 17th stage of the 2008 Vuelta a España. He also won the third stage of the 2010 Giro d'Italia ...

, who died two years after Nolf, in a racing accident in May 2011.

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* Belgian male cyclists 1987 births 2009 deaths Sportspeople from Kortrijk Cyclists from West Flanders {{Belgium-cycling-bio-1980s-stub