Karel Verbist

Karel Verbist (16 August 1883 – 21 July 1909) was Belgian National Stayers Champion in 1908 and 1909.^[1][2]

Karel Verbist

Personal information
Born	(1883-08-16)16 August 1883 Antwerp, Belgium
Died	21 July 1909(1909-07-21) (aged 25) Brussels, Belgium
Team information
Discipline	Track
Role	Rider

On July 21, Verbist collided with the motorcycle of Constant Ceurreman (his pacemaker) on the track in Brussels and died almost immediately.^[3][4][1] Verbist is the subject of a macabre Flemish folk-poem... "Chareltje, Chareltje Verbist, hadt ge niet gereden op de pist(e), hadt ge niet gelegen in de kist."^[5] which roughly translates to "Verbist, if you hadn't ridden your bike, you may not have ended up in a coffin."

Achievements

1907

• Germany 1st in Grand World Prize, (Munich (b)), Munich (Bayern), Germany
• Unknown 2nd in World Championship, Track, Stayers, Elite, Paris (Ile-de-France), France

1908

• Belgium 1st in National Championship, Track, Stayers, Elite, Belgium, Antwerp (Antwerp), Belgium

1909

• Germany 1st in Breslau, Breslau (Dolnoslaskie), Germany
• Belgium 1st in National Championship, Track, Stayers, Elite, Belgium, Brussels (Brussels-Capital Region), Belgium^[6]

See also

List of racing cyclists and pacemakers with a cycling-related death