Vanmarcke Reflects on Sudden End to Career and Questions Surrounding Health Issues in Cycling

Vanmarcke has now stopped. Right on the BC, his last race.

Nathan Van Hooydonck who suddenly becomes unwell in his car. The Dutchman Kreder who has a heart attack in his sleep. Sep Vanmarcke (35) has had a restless week. “It has hit me in the head many times,” he says. “That could have happened to me too.” More than two months ago, Vanmarcke’s heart problem led to an unexpected and abrupt end to his career. Today he has questions: “Is it corona? Is too much being asked of us? Something is going on.”

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