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Briek Schotte

1919 - 2004

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Alberic "Briek" Schotte (7 September 1919 – 4 April 2004) was a Belgian professional road racing cyclist, one of the champions of the 1940s and 1950s. His stamina earned him the nickname "Iron Briek" (IJzeren Briek). He was world champion in 1948 and 1950, won the last stage of the 1947 Tour de France and finished second in the 1948 Tour, behind Gino Bartali. He twice won the Tour of Flanders (1942, 1948), Paris–Tours (1946, 1947) and Paris–Brussels (1946, 1952). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Briek Schotte is the 60th most popular cyclist (down from 49th in 2019), the 408th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 394th in 2019) and the 16th most popular Belgian Cyclist.

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Among CYCLISTS

Among cyclists, Briek Schotte ranks 60 out of 1,613. Before him are Gastone Nencini, Henry Hansen, Roger Walkowiak, Stan Ockers, Ercole Baldini, and Guido Messina. After him are Fiorenzo Magni, Erik De Vlaeminck, Herman Van Springel, Josef Fischer, Lucien Buysse, and Hennie Kuiper.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1919, Briek Schotte ranks 143. Before him are Åke Seyffarth, Félix Gaillard, Galina Ustvolskaya, Tamara Toumanova, Beate Uhse-Rotermund, and James H. Wilkinson. After him are Paul de Man, Lisa Della Casa, Anne Buydens, Salomon Morel, Robert Stack, and Paavo Aaltonen. Among people deceased in 2004, Briek Schotte ranks 130. Before him are Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen, René Laloux, Paul Winfield, Tom Wesselmann, Lucia Berlin, and Big Boss Man. After him are Helmut Griem, Piero Piccioni, Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer, Werner Goldberg, Naomi Shemer, and James Quinn.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Briek Schotte ranks 408 out of 1,190. Before him are Aelbrecht Bouts (1450), Gaston Roelants (1937), Julien Ries (1920), Adrien-François Servais (1807), Jan Sanders van Hemessen (1500), and David Vinckboons (1576). After him are George Washington (1871), Jean-Marc Bosman (1964), Erik De Vlaeminck (1945), Paul de Man (1919), Marie Popelin (1846), and Herman Van Springel (1943).

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Among CYCLISTS In Belgium

Among cyclists born in Belgium, Briek Schotte ranks 16. Before him are Léon Scieur (1888), Walter Godefroot (1943), Sylvère Maes (1909), Freddy Maertens (1952), Romain Maes (1912), and Stan Ockers (1920). After him are Erik De Vlaeminck (1945), Herman Van Springel (1943), Lucien Buysse (1892), Maurice De Waele (1896), Marcel Kint (1914), and Germain Derycke (1929).

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