Mathieu Quoidbach

Mathieu Quoidbach (born September 21, 1873 in Verviers ; † October 27, 1951 there ) was a Belgian cyclist .

Mathieu Quoidbach started cycling after winning a bike playing cards. He mainly drove track races, from 1897 he trained on the track in his hometown. In 1898 he finished third in a 24-hour race on his home track, behind the German Thaddäus Robl and his compatriot René Kuhling , after having driven 640 kilometers.

In 1900 Quoidbach became the Belgian road racing champion , behind pacemakers on a petroleum-powered tandem motorcycle. As his greatest success, he himself classified his victory at the Zes Uren van Verviers in 1901, which he won before the American Charles Miller , the winner of the first six-day race in New York with a two-man team .

In 1903, Mathieu Quoidbach, now 30 years old, retired from cycling; In the same year, the Verviers cycle track was closed. Professionally, he was extremely versatile: he opened a café and worked as a solo entertainer , singer, cabaret artist, but also as a billiard player. He later became a sales agent for spirits and visited his customers by bicycle.

literature

• Herman Laitem, Jozef Hamels: De Tricolore Trui. 1882-2007. 125 Jaar Belgian Campaign Schappen. Pinguin Productions et al., Balegem et al. 2008, ISBN 978-90-73322-21-9 , pp. 28f.

Web links

• Mathieu Quoidbach in the Radsportseiten.net database