Nico Mattan, friend and former teammate of Belgium's cyclist Frank Vandenbroucke, walks beside the hearse during Vandenbroucke's funeral service in Ploegsteert October 24, 2009. Belgian media reported that the former classics specialist was found dead in a hotel room in Senegal on Oct 12, at the age of 34.
REUTERS/Sebastien Pirlet (BELGIUM SPORT CYCLING OBITUARY)