Louis Mottiat
Personal information | |
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Full name | Louis Mottiat |
Nickname | The iron man ((in Dutch):De man van ijzer) |
Born | , Belgium | 6 July 1889
Died | 5 June 1972 Gilly, Belgium | (aged 82)
Team information | |
Discipline | Road |
Role | Rider |
Professional teams | |
1912-1913 | Thomann |
1913-1914 | Alcyon |
1919-1921 | Alcyon-La Sportive |
1922-1926 | Alcyon-Dunlop |
Major wins | |
8 stages Tour de France Liège–Bastogne–Liège(2x) Tour of Belgium (2x) |
Louis Mottiat (6 July 1889 – 5 June 1972) was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer. Mottiat was born in , and because of his endurance was nicknamed 'the iron man'. His career was interrupted by World War I. He died in Gilly, aged 82.
Major results[]
- 1910
- 1911
- Paris-Calais
- 1912
- Tour de France: Winner stage 10
- 1913
- Bordeaux–Paris
- 1914
- Tour of Belgium, including 4 stages
- Paris–Brussels
- 1920
- Critérium des As (Bordeaux–Paris-Bordeaux)
- Tour of Belgium, including 3 stages
- Tour de France
- Winner stage 1
- Wearing yellow jersey for one day
- 1921
- Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- Tour de France:
- 11th place overall classification
- Winner stages 1, 4, 5 and 7
- Wearing yellow jersey for one day
- Paris–Brest–Paris
- 1922
- Engis
- Gembloux
- Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 1924
- Paris–Tours
- Tour de France:
- Winner stage 8
- 1925
- Tour de France:
- Winner stage 3
External links[]
- Louis Mottiat at Cycling Archives
Categories:
- Belgian male cyclists
- 1889 births
- 1972 deaths
- Belgian Tour de France stage winners
- People from Châtelet
- Sportspeople from Hainaut (province)
- Belgian cycling biography stubs