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Igor Decraene
Personal information
Born	(1996-01-26)26 January 1996 Waregem, Belgium
Died	30 August 2014(2014-08-30) (aged 18) Zulte, Belgium
Team information
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Time trialist
Amateur team
2013–2014	Tieltse Rennerclub

Igor Decraene (26 January 1996, in Waregem – 30 August 2014, in Zulte) was a Belgian cyclist. In 2013, he became the UCI world junior men's time trial champion. The event took place on 24 September in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. In 2013 and 2014 he was also the Belgian national champion in the time trial for juniors men. He also won the Crystal Bicycle for Best Young Rider in 2013. At the time of his death, he was preparing to defend his junior world time trial title at the 2014 UCI Road World Championships in Ponferrada, Spain on 23 September.

Decraene, aged 18, died in an accident on 30 August 2014 near Zulte, East Flanders. Initial media reports suggested that he had taken his own life, however the family and police denied this was the case. He was riding home from a party when he was hit and killed by a train.^[1]^[2]

Major results

2013: 1st Time trial, UCI Junior Road World Championships; 1st Time trial, National Junior Road Championships; 1st Chrono des Nations Juniors; 1st Stage 2a (ITT) Keizer der Juniores; 2nd Time trial, UEC European Junior Road Championships
2014: 1st Time trial, National Junior Road Championships

References

^ "Igor Decraene, world junior champion, found dead aged 18". The Sydney Morning Herald. 31 August 2014. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
^ Van Hoofstat, Jef (31 August 2014). "Wielerbelofte Igor Decraene overleden na aanrijding door trein". Het Nieuwsblad (in Dutch). Retrieved 1 September 2014.

External links

Igor Decraene Archived 2022-01-19 at the Wayback Machine at le site du Cyclisme Archived 2012-12-04 at archive.today (in French)

UCI Road World Champions – Men's junior time trial

v t e Belgian Professional Cyclist of the Year
Crystal Bicycle (men)	1992 De Wolf 1993 Museeuw 1994 Herygers 1995–1997 Museeuw 1998 Steels 1999 Vandenbroucke 2000 Tchmil 2001 Verbrugghe 2002 Museeuw 2003 Van Petegem 2004–2006 Boonen 2007 S. Nys 2008–2011 Gilbert 2012 Boonen 2013 S. Nys 2014–2017 Van Avermaet 2018 Campenaerts 2019 Evenepoel 2020–2021 Van Aert 2022–2024 Evenepoel
Best Young Rider (men)	1994 Trouvé 1995 Hoste 1996 D'Hollander 1997–1998 S. Nys 1999 Hulsmans 2000 Van Goolen 2001 Boonen 2002 De Weert 2003 Vansummeren 2004–2005 Albert 2006 Cornu 2007 Albert 2008 Bakelants 2009 Boeckmans 2010 Eijssen 2011 Van der Sande 2012 Van Hoecke 2013 Decraene 2014 Teuns 2015 De Plus 2016–2017 Lambrecht 2018 Evenepoel 2019 Van Wilder 2020–2021 T. Nys 2022 Segaert 2023 Lecerf 2023 Widar
Best Manager	2000 Lefevere & Bruyneel 2001 Braeckevelt 2002–2003 Bruyneel 2004 Lefevere 2005 De Cauwer 2006 Lefevere 2007–2009 Bruyneel 2010 Sergeant 2011 Lelangue 2012 Bomans 2013 Lefevere 2014–2015 Planckaert 2016 De Weert 2017–2019 Lefevere 2020 Peiper 2021 C. Roodhooft & P. Roodhooft 2022 Vanthourenhout 2023 C. Roodhooft & P. Roodhooft 2024 Vanthourenhout
Crystal Drop of Sweat	2005 Hulsmans 2006 Steegmans 2007 Vansummeren 2008 Aerts 2009 Vandenbergh 2010 Aerts 2011 Vanendert 2012 De Weert 2013 Vandenbergh 2014–2016 Keisse 2017 Vermote 2018–2021 Declercq 2022 Benoot 2023 Van Hooydonck 2024 Ghekiere
Crystal Bicycle (women)	2016–2017 D'Hoore 2018 Degrendele 2019 Cant 2020–2024 Kopecky
Best Young Rider (women)	2023 De Wilde 2024 Moors

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