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Junior TT Favourite Seff Van Kerckhove Out of World Championships After Being Hit by a Driver

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The Belgian was due to ride both the time trial and road race

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Bad luck for Seff Van Kerckhove (18). He is forced to miss the World Cycling Championships in Canada after a collision during training, in which a car drove onto his driveway. He was unable to stand up on his own afterwards and was immediately taken to hospital, where at least several fractures in his vertebrae were diagnosed. Last year, as a first-year junior, Van Kerckhove won bronze in Rwanda.

·Kobbegem, Belgium
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What a tragedy befell one of the leading contenders for the junior world championship title. On Sunday, Seff Van Kerckhove set off for one of his final training sessions before the medal race at the UCI Road Cycling World Championships in Montreal 2026, and during the training session, the Belgian was hit by a car. As a result, the 18-year-old is ending his racing career this season prematurely. […] The post Montréal 2026: Favorite for junior go…

“The whole world is a country” and this time it is appropriate to add... unfortunately. In fact, the news comes from Canada of a training accident that occurred to the 18-year-old Belgian Seff Van Kerckhove who was hit by a car during an outing. The...

Eighteen-year-old Seff Van Kerckhove was a top contender for both the World Time Trial Championship and the World Road Championship in Canada, but a collision during training has drastically changed his plans. The youngster is forced to abandon his major goals. Van Kerckhove was not scheduled to compete until Tuesday and therefore withdrew on Sunday afternoon […]

The young Belgian will not play the chrono or the online race among the juniors. ...

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Het Laatste Nieuws broke the news in Kobbegem, Belgium on Sunday, September 20, 2026.
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