Flora van Limbeek, the mother of Victor Steeman, a star in the World Superbikes, has passed away from a suspected heart attack merely two days after her son’s tragic multi-rider crash during a race in Portugal.
Steeman was a successful racer, having won four Supersport 300 World Championship races this season before the unfortunate accident at the Algarve International Circuit on Saturday. He was transported to a hospital in Faro, where it was later confirmed that he succumbed to his injuries on Tuesday.
Flora van Limbeek, who was an ardent supporter of her son, passed away at the age of 59 due to a cardiac arrest on Thursday afternoon at her home in Lathum, the Netherlands.
Following the back-to-back tragedies, the family has issued a statement, requesting privacy.
The family stated: “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.
“To give everyone the opportunity to share their grief and to support father and husband Steeman and other family in this bizarre and difficult time, we will come up with a special message about the possibilities for this later today.
“Our thoughts are with father and husband Willem, further family and loved ones in this difficult and difficult time. Words are not enough to comfort you in this great loss. We wish you a lot of strength and strength for the coming time.”
The family had also released an emotional message earlier in the week after Steeman’s passing.
The message read: “Something you have always been afraid of as a parent of a motorcycle racer has now happened. Our Victor could not win this last race.
“Despite the unbearable loss and grief, we are extremely proud to share with you that our hero, through his passing, was able to save five other people by donating his organs.
“We would like to thank everyone for the way you have lived with us over the past few days. We will miss our Victor enormously.”
Steeman’s death came less than a week after the tragic passing of British Superbikes rider Chrissy Rouse, 26, who died of head injuries at England’s Donington Park circuit after being struck by another rider.
