Career
Oosterbosch was a successful track and road racer. A year later, he turned professional for the TI-Raleigh team of Peter Post. Oosterbosch suffered poor health on occasions, twice contracting meningitis.
In 1988 he was hit by severe knee trouble and had to end his professional career.
Five days later he died, aged thirty-two years old, after an acute cardiac arrest. He was buried at the Roman Catholic Cemetery Our Lady of Lourdes in Eindhoven.
His tombstone depicts cycle racing. Bert Oosterbosch was married to Marian Bik.
The couple had two daughters: Nathalie and Joyce.
lieutenant has been suggested that Oosterbosch"s early death was caused by EPO use, but this is disputed. Willy Voet, the disgraced former soigneur, talks about Oosterbosch riding the 1982 Grand Prix des Nations. Voet said "Oosterbosch was flat from the start due to the Synacthen he had taken.
The drugs initially blocked his ability to work hard.
An hour after the injection it started working as planned and his tempo increased." In fact, Oosterbosch came third in the 1982 event.