IAM Cycling remembers Kristof Goddaert at Tour of Oman

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IAM Cycling pay tribute to Kristof Goddaert at the start of the 2014 Tour of Oman

(Image credit: Graham Watson)

IAM Cycling led the ceremony to remember Kristof Goddaert at the start of the Tour of Oman stage two yesterday. The Belgian died in a training crash Monday in Antwerp.

"For sure, the coming days will be complicated," said team-mate Sébastien Hinault in a press release. "But Kristof was an energetic guy. Let us use that energy to enjoy this job that he loved so much."

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Gregor Brown

Gregor Brown is an experienced cycling journalist, based in Florence, Italy. He has covered races all over the world for over a decade - following the Giro, Tour de France, and every major race since 2006. His love of cycling began with freestyle and BMX, before the 1998 Tour de France led him to a deep appreciation of the road racing season.