- Alberic Schotte
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ridername = Alberic Schotte
fullname = Alberic Schotte
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dateofbirth = birth date|1919|09|07
dateofdeath = death date and age|2004|04|04|1919|09|07
country = BEL
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discipline = Road
role = Rider
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majorwins = World Champion cycling (1948, 1950)
updated =July 2 ,2008 MedalTableTopAlberic ("Briek") Schotte (
September 7 ,1919 –April 4 ,2004 ) was a Belgian professionalroad racing cyclist . His generation of cyclists, that of the 1940s and 1950s, is called the "Flandriens".Born and raised in
Kanegem ,West Flanders , he was nicknamed "Iron Briek" ("Ijzeren Briek") because of his incredible stamina.One of the greatest cycling champions of the 1940s and 1950s, he was twice World Champion (in 1948 and 1950), won the last stage of the 1946
Tour de France and finished second in the epic 1948 edition, behind the unapproachableGino Bartali .His specialty, however, were one-day races: he twice won the
Ronde van Vlaanderen (1942, 1948),Paris-Tours (1946, 1947) andParis-Brussels (1946, 1952). Symbolically enough, he died on the day of the 2004 Ronde van Vlaanderen. The commentators during the race said that this couldn't be a coincidence: "God must have been one of Briek's greatest fans".He also won the inaugural "
Challenge Desgrange-Colombo ", a season-long competition intended to identify the world's best road racing cyclist, in 1948.After his retirement as a professional cyclist in 1959, he remained active as a team coach for 30 years, mostly for the Flandria team. He died at
Kortrijk in 2004.Palmarès
;1940:Ransart - Beaumont - Ransart;1941:Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen:Merelbeke;1942:
Ronde van Vlaanderen ;1944:Wetteren;1945:Nokere Koerse:Tielt-Antwerpen-Tielt:Olsene;1946:Mandel - Leie - Schelde:Paris-Tours :Tour de Luxembourg:Omloop der Vlaamse Gewesten:Paris-Brussels ;1947:Paris-Tours :Tour de France:::Winner stage 21;1948:Desgrange-Colombo:Ronde van Vlaanderen :flagiconUCI World Road Race Champion:Tour de France:::2nd place overall classification;1948:GP Stad Vilvoorde;1950:Aalst:Gent-Wevelgem :flagiconUCI World Road Race Champion:Montenaken;1951:Vijfbergenomloop;1952:Omloop der Zuid-West-Vlaamse Bergen:Paris-Brussels ;1953:Dwars door Vlaanderen :Grote Bevrijdingsprijs;1954:Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen - Koolskamp:Omloop der drie Provinciën:Soignies:Oedelem;1955:Gent-Wevelgem :Dwars door Vlaanderen :Scheldeprijs Vlaanderen;1956:GP Bali:Lauwe:Boulogne-sur-Mer;1957:Wervik:Langemark;1958:De PanneExternal links
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* [http://www.letour.fr/HISTO/TDF/riders/us/3016.html Official Tour de France results for Alberic Schotte]
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