Jimmy Duquennoy

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| name = Jimmy Duquennoy

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| caption = Duquennoy in 2016

| fullname = Jimmy Duquennoy

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1995|6|9|df=y}}

| birth_place = Tournai, Belgium

| death_date = {{death date and age|2018|10|5|1995|6|9|df=y}}

| death_place = Wez-Velvain, Belgium

| height = 1.79 m

| weight = 75 kg

| discipline = Road

| role = Rider

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| amateuryears1 = 2013

| amateurteam1 = Péruwelz–Bury

| amateuryears2 = 2014

| amateurteam2 = Ottignies–Perwez

| proyears1 = 2015

| proteam1 = {{UCI team code|AAS|2015}}

| proyears2 = 2016–2018

| proteam2 = {{UCI team code|WVA|2016}}

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Jimmy Duquennoy (9 June 1995 – 5 October 2018) was a Belgian cyclist, who rode professionally between 2015 and his death in 2018.{{cite web | url=http://www.procyclingstats.com/rider.php?id=169994 | title=Jimmy Duquennoy | work=ProCyclingStats | accessdate=10 June 2017}} Duquennoy died at age 23 after suffering cardiac arrest at his home in Wez-Velvain, Belgium.{{cite web| url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/jimmy-duquennoy-dies-aged-23/ | title=Jimmy Duquennoy dies aged 23 | work=Cyclingnews | accessdate=6 October 2018 | date=6 October 2018}}

Career

Duquennoy was recruited for the 2016 season by the Wallonie Bruxelles-Group Protect team, thus turning professional.{{cite news |title=16 Riders in the Wallonie-Bruxelles Team in 2016 |url=https://www.rtbf.be/article/16-coureurs-au-sein-de-l-equipe-wallonie-bruxelles-en-2016-9193556 |work=RTBF |date=2016-01-22 |language=French |access-date=2025-06-04}} He began his season at the Étoile de Bessèges and made an early impression by joining the breakaway during the first stage.{{cite web |title=Etoile de Bessèges — The Direct Energie Train Enters the Gard |url=https://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/index2.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.velo101.com%2Fpros%2Farticle%2Fetoile-de-besseges-le-train-direct-energie-entre-en-gard--13925 |website=Velo101.com (archived) |language=French |access-date=2025-06-04}}

During the season, Duquennoy stood out in particular at the Memorial Van Coningsloo, where he finished 9th.{{cite web |title=2016 Paris–Tours |url=https://firstcycling.com/race.php?r=351&y=2016 |website=FirstCycling.com |publisher=FirstCycling AS |access-date=2025-06-04 |language=English}} A few weeks later, he achieved his first top-10 finish in a UCI 1.1 race by placing 10th at the Arnhem Veenendaal Classic in the Netherlands, a race won in a sprint by Dylan Groenewegen.{{cite web |title=2016 Arnhem–Veenendaal Classic Results |url=https://www.nieuwsblad.be/sportwereld/tag/wielrennen/dutch-food-valley-classic?origin=nemo&season=WREL2016&rankingType=Result |website=Het Nieuwsblad |publisher=Mediahuis |access-date=2025-06-04 |language=Dutch}} Less than a month later, he took 8th place at the Grand Prix Marcel Kint.{{cite web |title=GP Marcel Kint Zwevegem 2016 |url=https://www.directvelo.com/epreuve/11963/gp-marcel-kint-zwevegem |website=DirectVelo |publisher=Association Le Peloton |date=2016-09-12 |access-date=2025-06-04 |language=French}}

Toward the end of the season, Duquennoy frequently featured in breakaways. He was notably at the front during the Grand Prix Marcel Kint, the Championship of Flanders, and the Flèche Gooik, as part of his preparation for his main end-of-season goal: Paris–Tours Espoirs.{{cite web |last=Odvart |first=James |title=Paris-Tours: Jimmy Duquennoy’s Priority |url=https://www.directvelo.com/actualite/53708/paris-tours-la-priorite-de-jimmy-duquennoy |website=DirectVelo |publisher=Association Le Peloton |date=2016-09-26|access-date=2025-06-04 |language=French}} However, he missed his target and ultimately finished 80th in that race, 27 seconds behind the winner, Arvid de Kleijn.{{cite web |title=2016 Paris–Tours Espoirs Results |url=https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/paris-tours-espoirs/2016/result |website=ProCyclingStats |access-date=2025-06-04 |language=English}}

His team obtained a UCI Professional Continental licence for the 2017 season.{{cite web |last=Weynants |first=M. |title=Wallonie-Bruxelles becomes "Continental Pro" and changes its name |url=https://www.rtbf.be/article/wallonie-bruxelles-passe-continentale-pro-et-change-de-nom-9460651 |website=RTBF |publisher=Radio-télévision belge de la communauté française |date=2016-11-21 |access-date=2025-06-04 |language=French}} The full roster for the 2017 season, which included Jimmy Duquennoy, was announced on 8 December 2016.{{cite web |last=Segers |first=Maxime |title=WB-Veranclassic-Aqua Protect: 2017 Roster |url=https://www.directvelo.com/actualite/55175/wb-veranclassic-aqua-protect-l-effectif-2017 |website=DirectVelo |publisher=Association Le Peloton |date=2016-12-08 |access-date=2025-06-04 |language=French}}

In March 2018, he finished tenth in the race Dwars door West-Vlaanderen – Johan Museeuw Classic, which was won by French rider Rémi Cavagna.{{cite web |last=Odvart |first=James |title=A Travers la Flandre Occidentale: Results |url=https://www.directvelo.com/actualite/64535/a-travers-la-flandre-occidentale-classement |website=DirectVelo |publisher=Association Le Peloton |date=2018-03-04 |access-date=2025-06-04 |language=French}} During the same season, he was also part of the early breakaway in the World Tour classics Gent–Wevelgem and Paris–Roubaix.

On the evening of 5 October 2018, he died of a heart attack in his armchair at home, next to his partner, at the age of 23.{{cite news |title=Young Cyclist from Tournai, Jimmy Duquennoy, Dies at 23 |author=Samuël Grulois |date=2018-10-06 |url=https://www.rtbf.be/article/le-jeune-cycliste-tournaisien-jimmy-duquennoy-est-decede-a-23-ans-10038274 |work=RTBF |language=French |access-date=2025-06-04}} No cardiac abnormalities had been detected during the pre-season medical tests, according to his sports director Frédéric Amorison.