{"id":175002,"date":"2019-08-14T09:58:18","date_gmt":"2019-08-14T09:58:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/?p=175002"},"modified":"2019-08-14T09:58:18","modified_gmt":"2019-08-14T09:58:18","slug":"hundreds-pay-tribute-to-bjorg-lambrecht-at-funeral-service-in-his-hometown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2019\/08\/14\/hundreds-pay-tribute-to-bjorg-lambrecht-at-funeral-service-in-his-hometown\/","title":{"rendered":"Hundreds Pay Tribute to Bjorg Lambrecht at Funeral Service in His Hometown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The 22-year-old Lotto-Soudal rider suffered a fall while competing in the Tour de Pologne last week. Bjorg collided with a concrete culvert and was rushed to the hospital. Unfortunately, the doctors couldn\u2019t save him. The funeral service was held at the Saint-Willibord Church in the East Flemish village of Knesselare.<\/strong><br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>A number of Bjorg\u2019s cycling friends, including Jelle Vanendert, Tiesj Benoot and Andr\u00e9 Greipel, carried the coffin inside the crowded church. Hundreds of people stayed outside and watched the service on a big screen.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_175006\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-175006\" style=\"width: 1250px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2019\/08\/Bjorg-Lambrecht-profimedia-0464945386.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-175006\" src=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2019\/08\/Bjorg-Lambrecht-profimedia-0464945386.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1250\" height=\"833\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-175006\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The 22-year-old Belgian cyclist from Lotto-Soudal died after crashing into a concrete culvert during the third stage of the 2019 Tour de Pologne.\u00a0\u00a9 Profimedia, EPA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>During the ceremony, Bjorg\u2019s parents read letters to their deceased son. \u201cWe have experienced so much,\u201d his mother said in tears. \u201cSeen so much, experienced so much, driven so much, travelled. We are so grateful to you, you have given us so much. The emptiness you leave behind is unbearable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a big loss,\u201d said Lotto-Soudal team manager Marc Sargeant to Sporza. \u201cIt will take a long time before we process it. In any case, Bjorg will stay with us in the team forever.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lotto riders raced wearing black wristbands at the ongoing BinckBank Tour, and the peloton will observe a minute\u2019s silence on Wednesday\u2019s stage 3.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-controller-wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">When a champion becomes a star, we all become quiet and small. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RIPBjorg?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RIPBjorg<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/grUOf3RR1D\">pic.twitter.com\/grUOf3RR1D<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Griet Langedock (@GrietLangedock) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GrietLangedock\/status\/1161228649959493634?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 13, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async data-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 22-year-old Lotto-Soudal rider suffered a fall while competing in the Tour de Pologne last week. 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