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Westra Place Death cause: Retired Dutch ProfessionalWestra Place He has died at 40.
What happened to Lieutenant Westra?
The news was confirmed on Sunday morning by his biographer Thomas Sijtsma.
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“Lieuwe Westra passed away on Saturday afternoon. The ex-cyclist struggled with himself in recent years and lost,” Sijtsma wrote. “Rest in peace, beast.”
Westra retired in early 2017, citing depression. Since then, he has endured difficult years that included divorce and the sale of the cycling hotel he developed with his ex-wife.
He was found dead on Saturday in Zwaagdijk, the Netherlands. His cause of death has not been confirmed.
Zaterdagmiddag is Lieuwe Westra (40) overleden. De voormalig wielrenner vocht de laatste jaren met zichzelf in verloor.
Rust zacht, Beast. pic.twitter.com/hsVgWZQQNJ
—Thomas Sijtsma (@ThomasSijtsma) January 15, 2023
Lieuwe Westra Cause of death
The new cover of the Dutch medium was revealed by his biographer. Lieuwe Westra, a former cyclist who worked for Astana and Vacansoleil-DMC, died on Saturday afternoon at the age of 40.
Former Dutch cyclist Lieuwe Westra at the 2012 Paris-Nice race has died at age 40 after a lifelong battle with depression, his biographer and Dutch media announced on Sunday.
Nicknamed ‘the Beast’ for his relentless driving style, Westra’s body was found on the premises of his business on Saturday near the northwestern Dutch town of Enkhuizen, local broadcaster Omrop Fryslan said, citing sources. relatives.
Who was Lieutenant Westra?
Lieuwe Westra was a Dutch professional racing cyclist who rode professionally between 2006 and 2016 for the KrolStonE Continental Team, Vacansoleil-DCM, and Astana teams.
Westra, a native of Mûnein, took second place at the 2012 Paris-Nice, a UCI World Tour race, and also took first place on the queen stage of Mende. This particular stage culminated at the summit of the 3 km (1.9 mi) long Côte de la Croix-Neuve-Montée Laurent Jalabert, which has an average gradient of 10.1%.
He launched his attack in the final kilometer and the lead group led by race leader Bradley Wiggins could not catch up. He crossed the finish line freely, prompting speculation that he could have passed Wiggins for the lead jersey if he had continued his effort. The win put him within 6 seconds of Wiggins.
He would finish the Paris-Nice 8 seconds behind the British in the general classification. In August, Westra won the general classification of the 2012 Danmark Rundt, a six-stage race held in Denmark.
Westra nicknamed “The Beast”
Nicknamed “The Beast”, Westra has raced with Vacansoleil and Astana throughout his 11-year career, taking 13 wins by the end of the last decade.
Stage wins at Paris-Nice, the Tour of California and the Critérium du Dauphiné highlight his palmares along with overall wins at the Tour of Denmark and Driedaagse De Panne. The Mûnein-born powerhouse also helped teammate Vincenzo Nibali to the yellow jersey in the 2014 Tour de France.
After his retirement, Westra published an unremoved biography, Het Beest, in which he recalled his doping cases.
Professional achievements of Lieuwe Westra
He won the event’s time trial, helping him seal victory as it gave him the leader’s jersey, which he would not relinquish. Ramūnas Navardauskas of the Garmin-Barracuda team finished second with a deficit of 10 seconds
2007 -4th overall OZ Wielerweekend 1st stage 2 (ITT)
2014 -1st Stage 7 Volta a Catalunya 1st Stage 7 Critérium du Dauphiné Combativeness Award Stage 5 Tour de France
2016- 1º General Three Days of De Panne
Westra announced his retirement on his Facebook page on January 8, 2017. He wrote: “I have decided to quit racing today. I can not continue. Many thanks to K Snijder and A Boskamp!
Okay, I’ll drop it now, but I’ll come back later to quickly address these issues. Westra thanks the cycling community.” This post was later deleted, but the withdrawal was announced on the Twitter account of the Wanty-Groupe Gobert team the next day.
