While the race mourns Milan Bral, new drama strikes: the rider’s father dies after a fall at GP Affligem

Willem Van der Heyden, the father of cyclist Dario Van der Heyden (Cycling Club 1785), has died. He had a serious fall when he was traveling along the GP Affligem course as a spectator. The match was stopped for a while so that emergency services could treat the man, but assistance was of no avail. The atmosphere in Affligem, Flemish Brabant, was already particularly charged due to an earlier tribute to Milan Bral (21), the young cyclist who crashed yesterday.

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