Tragic Goolaerts ’great loss to cycling’

Belgian cyclist Michael Goolaerts, who died aged 23 after suffering cardiac arrest during Paris-Roubaix, is a “great loss to cycling”, says former team-mate James Shaw.

The Veranda’s Willems-Crelan rider crashed on the second set of cobbles in the one-day classic in northern France on Sunday.

The 23-year-old had been airlifted to hospital in Lille after receiving CPR at the roadside following the crash on the 257-kilometre race but he died that night.