Following the death of Antoine Demoitie, the Association of Professioanl Cyclists CPA have issued the following statement.

About the terrible accident that caused the death of the rider Antoine Demoitié during the Gent-Wevelgem race, the CPA and all the riders demand to shed immediately light on the accident and the circumstances that have caused it as well as on any of the responsible involved parties.

"At this time of sadness and sorrow for the death of Antoine we do not want to make controversy," comments Gianni Bugno, President of the CPA,  "but we have so much frustration inside. We have always stated that the safety of the riders must be in first place in the discussions of the cycling stakeholders and at the last CCP meeting we have specifically asked to communicate fast the strategies developed recently to improve security during the races. I do not want to accuse anyone but make everyone reflect on the responsibility we have to ensure that it is always maintained a very high level of attention, awareness, and control over safety standards during each race."