Career
On 27 February 1990 Draaijer died in his sleep of a heart blockage, just a few days after a race. lieutenant is widely presumed, though not proven, that his death was caused by the use of the performance-enhancing drug erythropoietin (EPO). This was the second death of a Dutch cyclist that was attributed to EPO, after demise of Bert Oosterbosch in 1989. see also.