Mother of Superbikes star Victor Steeman dies from a suspected heart attack just two days after her son died following a tragic multi-rider crash

By Adeleye Kunle

Flora van Limbeek, the mother of World Superbikes star Victor Steeman has passed away from a suspected heart attack just two days after her son died following a horror multi-rider crash during a race in Portugal.

Steeman had won four Supersport 300 World Championship races this season before crashing at the Algarve International Circuit on Saturday. He was airlifted to a hospital in Faro, but it was confirmed on Tuesday that he had passed away as a result of his injuries.

His mother, Flora van Limbeek, who was one of his biggest fans has now been confirmed dead at the age of 59, with Racesport.nl reporting that she suffered a cardiac arrest on Thursday afternoon at her home in Lathum in the Netherlands.

Following the double tragedy in the space of just two days, the family has released a statement asking for their privacy to be respected.

It read: ‘The Steeman family would like to process this immense grief in peace. We would therefore like to kindly but urgently ask everyone to respect this request through this message.

‘The kind request is therefore not to send cards or other attentions to the home address in Lathum