The 22-year-old, presented as one of the great hopes of Belgian cycling, died Monday after a fall on the tour of Poland.

"Cycling loses a new star": the accidental death during the tour of Poland Bjorg Lambrecht, considered at 22 as one of the promises of Belgian cycling, on Tuesday conspired the press and the world of cycling in the Kingdom where sport is king. "Bjorg Lambrecht was destined to become the face of Belgian cycling with Remco Evenepoel," said the Flemish daily De Morgen on Tuesday, the day after the death of the young rider after a crash during the third stage of the tour of Poland.

"The little king of the Knesselare is no more," laments the Standaard . "The peloton lost its Little King by bad luck, brutal misfortune", cries Gazet van Antwerpen . "With the death of Bjorg Lambrecht, cycling loses a new star," say the popular French daily La Dernière Heure and Libre Belgique . For Le Soir , Bjorg Lambrecht was a "cyclist promised to the heights", "the talent of a climber that a bright future was waiting" according to Heet laast news . "He was a small climber with a great future," says Het Nieuwsblad.

The emotion of the other runners

"We will miss you Matchbox", launched on his Twitter account his compatriot and teammate Tiesj Benoot, of the team Lotto Soudal. Like him many runners have reacted on social networks. "Rest in peace, my friend, continue to shine as you have always done", wrote Remco Evenepoel, the other great hope of Belgian cycling.

"You can do second or win, laugh or cry, but never, never, lose your life to want to try.My sincere thoughts to the relatives of Bjorg," lamented the Frenchman Romain Bardet. Registers of condolences have been opened at Knesselare, the commune where the young runner's family lives between Ghent and Bruges, in East Flanders.