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Lotto Soudal ride neutralised stage 4 of Tour de Pologne to commemorate Bjorg Lambrecht

published 6 August 2019

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The Lotto Soudal team remember Bjorg Lambrecht during a moment of silence before the start(Image credit: Getty Images Sport)

Bjorg Lambrecht during stage 6 of the Tour of Norway 2019(Image credit: Getty Images Sport)

The Lotto Soudal team ride together (Image credit: Getty Images Sport)

The Lotto Soudal team ride on the front of the Tour de Pologne peloton to remember Bjorg Lambrecht(Image credit: Getty Images Sport)

The Lotto Soudal team lead the Tour de Pologne peloton on a ride of remembrance(Image credit: Getty Images Sport)

The Lotto Soudal team remember Bjorg Lambrecht(Image credit: Getty Images Sport)

The Lotto Soudal team remember Bjorg Lambrecht in silence(Image credit: Getty Images Sport)

A candle was lit on stage below a photograph to remember Bjorg Lambrecht(Image credit: Getty Images Sport)

The Tour de Pologne was in mourning on stage 4 (Image credit: Getty Images Sport)

A Tour de Pologne photographer remembered Bjorg Lambrecht with a photo on his motorbike(Image credit: Getty Images Sport)

Bjorg Lambrecht (left) with his Lotto Soudal teammates(Image credit: Bettini Photo)

Bjorg Lambrecht on the podium at Tour des Fjors in 2018(Image credit: Getty Images Sport)

The Lotto Soudal team have announced that they will start stage 4 of the Tour de Pologne on Tuesday as a tribute to 22-year-old Bjorg Lambrecht, who died after a crash during stage 3.

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The six Lotto Soudal riders left in the race are in shock after the sudden loss of their teammate but will take part in the 133.7km neutralized stage between Jaworzno to Kocierz. The teams in the race are expected to lead the peloton for seven kilometres each, with Lotto Soudal then crossing the line first to commemorate their teammate.

Lambrecht went off the road and crashed into a concrete culvert during stage 3 to Zabrze. He was resuscitated and taken to a hospital in critical condition. Michał Sieroń, spokesman for Provincial Specialist Hospital No. 3 in Rybnik confirmed to Sport.pl that Lambrecht died during emergency surgery. Lambrecht's death was later confirmed by the Lotto Soudal team.

Lambrecht was considered a huge talent, having won the U23 Liège-Bastogne-Liège and come second in the Tour de l’Avenir behind Egan Bernal, the Giro Ciclistico della Valle d'Aosta Mont Blanc, Tour de Savoie Mont Blanc and Ronde de l'Isard in 2017.

He turned professional with Lotto Soudal in 2018.

This season he finished fourth at La Flèche Wallonne and impressed at Amstel Gold Race and De Brabantse Pijl. He won the young rider classification in the Critérium du Dauphiné, finishing 12th overall.