Monument to Briek Schotte in his hometown Kanegem
Albéric "Briek" Schotte (born September 7, 1919 in Kanegem (since 1976 part of the municipality of Tielt ), † April 4, 2004 in Kortrijk ) was a Belgian cyclist .
Briek Schotte, who grew up in West Flanders , is considered one of the best classic hunters of his generation. Because of his toughness against himself and his perseverance he was called Ijzeren Briek or de laatste Flandrien . The excellent sprinter won numerous Belgian and French one-day races , including twice the Tour of Flanders (1942, 1948), Paris – Tours (1946, 1947) and Paris – Brussels (1946, 1952). Schotte was also able to celebrate his greatest success twice: in 1948 and 1950 he triumphed at the UCI road world championships .
Due to his limited ability in the time trial and in the mountains, Schotte was not predestined for the big stage races . Nevertheless, he achieved second place in the Tour de France in 1948 behind the legendary Gino Bartali . The GP Briek Schotte has been held in Desselgem, Belgium, since 1941, and Schotte himself won the first three events.
In his final season, Briek Schotte drove for the Flandria team and then became sport director there . He stayed in this role until the team was disbanded in 1979.
Briek Schotte died on the morning of April 4, 2004, exactly on the day on which the Tour of Flanders, which he had won twice, was held. He is considered the father of modern cycling in Belgium and one of the country's greatest athletes.
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↑ a b c Super User: Briek Schotte. In: flandriabikes.com. September 7, 1919, accessed August 16, 2015 .
↑ GP Briek Schotte on dewielersite.net
1927, 1930, 1932 Alfredo Binda | 1928, 1929 Georges Ronsse | 1931 Learco Guerra | 1933 Georges Speicher | 1934 Karel Kaers | 1935 Jean Aerts | 1936 Antonin Magne | 1937 Eloi Meulenberg | 1938 Marcel Kint | 1946 Hans Knecht | 1947 Theofiel Middelkamp | 1948, 1950 Briek Schotte | 1949, 1956, 1957 Rik Van Steenbergen | 1951 Ferdy Kübler | 1952 Heinz Müller | 1953 Fausto Coppi | 1954 Louison Bobet | 1955 Stan Ockers | 1958 Ercole Baldini | 1959 André Darrigade | 1960, 1961 Rik Van Looy | 1962 Jean Stablinski | 1963 Benoni Beheyt | 1964 Jan Janssen | 1965 Tom Simpson | 1966 Rudi Altig | 1967, 1971, 1974 Eddy Merckx | 1968 Vittorio Adorni | 1969 Harm Ottenbros | 1970 Jean-Pierre Monseré | 1972 Marino Basso | 1973 Felice Gimondi | 1975 Hennie Kuiper | 1976, 1981 Freddy Maertens | 1977 Francesco Moser | 1978 Gerrie Knetemann | 1979 Jan Raas | 1980 Bernard Hinault | 1982 Giuseppe Saronni | 1983, 1989 Greg LeMond | 1984 Claude Criquielion | 1985 Joop Zoetemelk | 1986 Moreno Argentin | 1987 Stephen Roche | 1988 Maurizio Fondriest | 1990 Rudy Dhaenens | 1991, 1992 Gianni Bugno | 1993 Lance Armstrong | 1994 Luc Leblanc | 1995 Abraham Olano | 1996 Johan Museeuw | 1997 Laurent Brochard | 1998 Oscar Camenzind | 1999, 2001, 2004 Óscar Freire | 2000 Romāns Vainšteins | 2002 Mario Cipollini | 2003 Igor Astarloa | 2005 Tom Boonen | 2006, 2007 Paolo Bettini | 2008 Alessandro Ballan | 2009 Cadel Evans | 2010 Thor Hushovd | 2011 Mark Cavendish | 2012 Philippe Gilbert | 2013 Rui Costa | 2014 Michał Kwiatkowski | 2015, 2016, 2017 Peter Sagan | 2018 Alejandro Valverde | 2019 Mads Pedersen
1913 Paul Deman | 1914 Marcel Buysse | 1915–1918 not held | 1919 Henri Van Lerberghe | 1920 Jules Vanhevel | 1921 René Vermandel | 1922 Léon Devos | 1923 Heiri Suter | 1924, 1927 Gerard Debaets | 1925 Julien Delbecque | 1926 Denis Verschueren | 1928 Jan Mertens | 1929 Jef Dervaes | 1930 Frans Bonduel | 1931, 1932 Romain Gijssels | 1933 Alfons Schepers | 1934 Gaston Rebry | 1935 Louis Duerloo | 1936 Louis Hardequest | 1937 Michel D'Hooghe | 1938 Edgard De Caluwé | 1939 Karel Kaers | 1940, 1941, 1943 Achiel Buysse | 1942, 1948 Briek Schotte | 1944, 1946 Rik Van Steenbergen | 1945 Sylvain Grysolle | 1947 Emiel Faingnaert | 1949, 1950, 1951 Fiorenzo Magni | 1952 Roger Decock | 1953 Wim van Est | 1954 Raymond Impanis | 1955 Louison Bobet | 1956 Jean Forestier | 1957 Fred De Bruyne | 1958 Germain Derycke | 1959, 1962 Rik Van Looy | 1960 Arthur De Cabooter | 1961 Tom Simpson | 1963 Noël Foré | 1964 Rudi Altig | 1965 Jo de Roo | 1966 Edward Sels | 1967 Dino Zandegù | 1968, 1978 Walter Godefroot | 1969, 1975 Eddy Merckx | 1970, 1972, 1973 Eric Leman | 1971 Evert Dolman | 1974 Cees Bal | 1976 Walter Planckaert | 1977 Roger De Vlaeminck | 1979, 1983 Jan Raas | 1980 Michel Pollentier | 1981 Hennie Kuiper | 1982 René Maertens | 1984 Johan Lammerts | 1985 Eric Vanderaerden | 1986 Adrie van der Poel | 1987 Claude Criquielion | 1988 Eddy Planckaert | 1989, 1991 Edwig Van Hooydonck | 1990 Moreno Argentin | 1992 Jacky Durand | 1993, 1995, 1998 Johan Museeuw | 1994 Gianni Bugno | 1996 Michele Bartoli | 1997 Rolf Sørensen | 1999, 2003 Peter Van Petegem | 2000 Andrej Tschmil | 2001 Gianluca Bortolami | 2002 Andrea Tafi | 2004 Steffen Wesemann | 2005, 2006, 2012 Tom Boonen | 2007 Alessandro Ballan | 2008, 2009 Stijn Devolder | 2010, 2013, 2014 Fabian Cancellara | 2011 Nick Nuyens | 2015 Alexander Kristoff | 2016 Peter Sagan | 2017 Philippe Gilbert | 2018 Niki Terpstra | 2019 Alberto Bettiol
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