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Crashed into his pacemaker's motorcycle when the engine failed, died eleven days later. The crash occurred during an attempt to break the Paced Hour Record (meaning how much distance could be achieved within an hour) at the Parc des Princes velodrome. [50] [51] [Note 8] Hubert Sevenich: Track cyclist May 7, 1905 German Empire
Leander was thrown five metres (16 ft) into the air after 80 km (50 mi), fell to the track, bounced into the seating and died 36 hours later. [12] A crash in Berlin on 18 July 1909 killed nine when a motorcycle careened into the stands and exploded. [13] The historian Peter Nye wrote: Motorpace racing was glamorous but dangerous.
Karel Verbist (16 August 1883 – 21 July 1909) was Belgian National Stayers Champion in 1908 and 1909. [1] [2]On July 21, Verbist collided with the motorcycle of Constant Ceurreman (his pacemaker) on the track in Brussels and died almost immediately.
List of cyclists and pacemakers who died in cycling racing-related incidents is a little unwieldy but seems to me the most accurate. It covers pacemakers and excludes spectators and racing cyclists killed in ordinary road accidents, neither of which appear to be covered. Dudley Miles 07:15, 19 June 2020 (UTC)
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Death Age Nationality Notability Make-model Displacement (cc) Location Details Source "Indian Larry" Desmedt: August 30, 2004: 55 American Motorcycle builder and stuntman Concord, North Carolina: Butch Laswell: March 10, 1996: 37 American Motorcycle stunt rider: Honda CR500 Mesquite, Nevada: Joi Harris: August 14, 2017: 40 American
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