Brussels (Belgium) November 6-Another death marks the Belgian cycling world and beyond. Still did not switch off the memory of the death of cyclist Vandenbroucke found dead in circumstances still unclear. There is talk of suicide for 28-year-old De Fauw, the victim of depression in recent years.
Dimitri De Fauw, pistard Belgian 28 year old took his own life a few days after his appearance at the Six Days of Grenoble, which had taken part together with the Danish Marc Hester. The act is attributed to the depression that the cyclist was carrying in 2006, because during the Six Days of Ghent had inadvertently caused the death of Galvez. In fact, after English contact with the Belgian fell against a beating balustrade and died from their injuries. De Fauw has brought with it a sense of guilt, until the moment of extreme action. De Fauw in 2004 and 2005 had run on the road with the quick step.
The Death of VDB
Brussels (17 October 2009) - The suicide of De Fauw adds to the disappearance of the Belgian rider Frank Vandenbroucke found dead in a hotel room in a holiday resort in Senegal. According to the autopsy conducted by a coroner Senegal, the runner would have died for pulmonary embolism, a double addition to a pre-existing cardiac disease. The Senegalese judiciary has given the go ahead for the repatriation of remains. For investigators, therefore, it is a natural death and there should be consequences for women Senegalese who has spent the last night with the cyclist and that he had stolen his wallet and mobile phones of the athlete. During the initial examination of another coroner in the report showed the presence of several injections in the left arm. Also in the room the investigators found a syringe, alcohol and various drugs. The rider was suffering from a crisis of depression and had attempted suicide.
