Antoine Demoitie dies after Gent-Wevelgem accident

Belgian rider Antoine Demoitie has died in hospital from injuries sustained after he was run over by a race motorcycle following a crash in the Gent-Wevelgem classic.

Wanty-Gobert's Antoine Demoitie (Sirotti) Source: Sirotti

Demoitie's Wanty-Gobert team said in a statement earlier on Sunday night that his condition "remains very serious. His wife and family are with him at the hospital in Lille." but he did not recover.

He had been transported to a hospital in Lille after the accident in Sainte-Marie-Cappel, northern France.

"The rider died. An inquiry is under way to determine the circumstances," said Frederic Evrard, spokesman for the Nord-Pas-de-Calais regional gendarmerie in France told AFP.

More to come.