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

Pacemakers are motorcyclists utilized in motor-paced racing, riding motorcycles in front of their cycling teammates to provide additional speed to those cyclists via the resulting slipstream.

The dangers of the various sporting forms of cycling continue to be an issue,[7] including training on public roadways.

[8] A survey of 2008 Olympics teams, however, indicated that cycling was not even in the top six most injury-prone sports during competition that year.

Their personal effects are exhibited in museums,[10] their cemetery markers and tombstones are visited by fans, and as one commentator wrote: "Plaques, statues and shrines to cycling's fallen heroes are scattered all over Europe's mountain roads, turning any ride into a pilgrimage.

"[11] The following athletes died while individually training for competitions or during scheduled breaks while participating in a professional race.