Alberic "Briek" Schotte (born Kanegem, West Flanders, 7 September 1919 – died Kortrijk, 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).[1]
Briek Schotte
Briek Schotte after winning the first stage of Dwars door België 1946 (collection: KOERS. Museum of Cycle Racing)
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.[2] He twice won the Tour of Flanders (1942, 1948), Paris–Tours (1946, 1947) and Paris–Brussels (1946, 1952). He also won the inaugural Challenge Desgrange-Colombo, a season-long competition to identify the world's best road rider, in 1948. He holds the record with twenty consecutive participations in the Tour of Flanders and in addition to his two victories made the podium on six other occasions.[3] Schotte corresponded to the archetype of the Flandrien, the diligent farm boy who competes against better equipped and guided riders from France and Italy. Although he himself put that into perspective: "Because of my position on the bike, I gave the impression that I was suffering more than was actually the case".[4]
^"Unieke munt herdenkt 100ste geboortedag van ereburger Briek Schotte". Het Laatste Nieuws. 29 July 2019.
^"Kanegem zet Briek Schotte in de kijker: Flandrien krijgt hulde aan standbeeld tijdens doortocht van Dwars Door Vlaanderen". Het Laatste Nieuws. 1 April 2019.
^"DesselgemKoerse". desselgemkoerse.be (in Dutch). 5 January 2023.
^"Standbeeld voor Briek Schotte" (in Dutch). Het Nieuwsblad. 5 December 2005.
^"Waregem – Borstbeeld van Briek Schotte (een kunstwerk van Yvan Behaeghe)". Mapio.net.
^"Hulde voor Briek Schotte met gedenkbord". KW.be (in Dutch). 29 March 2010.
^"Zilveren herdenkingsmunt 10 euro" (in Dutch). Waregem.be.
External linksedit
Albéric Schotte at Cycling Archives
Albéric Schotte at ProCyclingStats
Albéric Schotte at CycleBase
December 15, 2023
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Alberic Briek Schotte born Kanegem West Flanders 7 September 1919 died Kortrijk 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 1 Briek SchotteBriek Schotte after winning the first stage of Dwars door Belgie 1946 collection KOERS Museum of Cycle Racing Personal informationFull nameAlberic SchotteNicknameBriekBorn 1919 09 07 7 September 1919Kanegem BelgiumDied4 April 2004 2004 04 04 aged 84 Team informationDisciplineRoadRoleRiderProfessional teams1939Mercier1940 1941Mercier Groene Leeuw1942Mercier Thompson1943Europe Dunlop Thompson1944Helyett Trialoux Wolber1945 1948Alcyon Groene Leeuw1949Alcyon1950 1951Alcyon Girardengo Ursus1952 1955Alcyon1956Alcyon Faema1957Peugeot1958Libertas1959Libertas FlandriaMajor winsGrand Tours Tour de France1 individual stage 1947 dd One day races and Classics World Road Race Championships 1948 1950 Tour of Flanders 1942 1948 Gent Wevelgem 1950 1955 Paris Tours 1946 1947 Dwars door Belgie 1953 1955 Paris Brussels 1952 Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen 1941 1954 Omloop der Vlaamse Gewesten 1946 Other Challenge Desgrange Colombo 1948 Medal record Representing BelgiumMen s road bicycle racingWorld Championships1948 Valkenburg Elite road race1950 Moerslede Elite road raceBriek Schotte wins Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen 1941 Museum of Cycle Racing 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 2 He twice won the Tour of Flanders 1942 1948 Paris Tours 1946 1947 and Paris Brussels 1946 1952 He also won the inaugural Challenge Desgrange Colombo a season long competition to identify the world s best road rider in 1948 He holds the record with twenty consecutive participations in the Tour of Flanders and in addition to his two victories made the podium on six other occasions 3 Schotte corresponded to the archetype of the Flandrien the diligent farm boy who competes against better equipped and guided riders from France and Italy Although he himself put that into perspective Because of my position on the bike I gave the impression that I was suffering more than was actually the case 4 After retirement in 1959 he was a team coach for 30 years mostly for Flandria where he also served as Directeur Sportif for many years Riders such as Rik Van Looy Herman Van Springel Freddy Maertens Eddy Merckx Sean Kelly Joop Zoetemelk Michel Pollentier Walter Godefroot and Roger De Vlaeminck rode for Schotte at various points during their respective careers None of these riders would win the Tour de France while riding for Flandria however Zoetemelk would finish 2nd in 1970 and 1971 while riding under Schotte s direction 5 He died on the day of the 2004 Tour of Flanders The commentators during the race said God must have been one of Briek s greatest fans Contents 1 Major results 2 Awards and honours 3 Books 4 References 5 External linksMajor results edit1939 1st Overall Tour de l Ouest 1st GP de Bruxelles 1940 1st Ransart Beaumont Ransart 3rd Tour of Flanders 1941 1st nbsp Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen 1st Desselgem Koerse 1st Merelbeke 2nd Grote 1 MeiPrijs 3rd GP Stad Zottegem 1942 1st Tour of Flanders 1st Desselgem Koerse 1st Oostkamp 3rd Omloop der Vlaamse Gewesten 1943 1st Desselgem Koerse 3rd La Fleche Francaise TTT 3rd Liege Bastogne Liege 1944 1st Wetteren 2nd Tour of Flanders 2nd La Fleche Wallonne 1945 1st Nokere Koerse 1st Tielt Antwerpen Tielt 1st Olsene 1st Waregem 2nd Dwars door Belgie 2nd Halle Ingooigem 2nd Gullegem Koerse 2nd Brussels Everbeek 2nd Circuit de Paris 3rd Across Paris 3rd Circuit de la Capitale 3rd Brussels Sint Truiden 1946 1st nbsp Interclubs road race National Road Championships 1st Omloop Mandel Leie Schelde 1st Paris Tours 1st nbsp Overall Tour de Luxembourg1st Stages 1 amp 2 dd 1st Omloop der Vlaamse Gewesten 1st Paris Brussels 2nd Gullegem Koerse 2nd Halle Ingooigem 2nd Road race National Road Championships 3rd Tour of Flanders 3rd Overall Dwars door Belgie1st Stage 1 dd 3rd Nokere Koerse 1947 1st nbsp Interclubs road race National Road Championships 1st Paris Tours 1st Stage 21 Tour de France 1st Circuit de la Region Liniere 1st Heule 2nd GP Tielt 3rd GP Stad Vilvoorde 1948 1st nbsp Road race UCI Road World Championships 1st Challenge Desgrange Colombo 1st Tour of Flanders 2nd Road race National Road Championships 2nd La Fleche Wallonne 2nd Road race National Road Championships 2nd Overall Tour de France 1949 1st GP Stad Vilvoorde 3rd Tour of Flanders 1950 1st nbsp Road race UCI Road World Championships 1st Gent Wevelgem 1st Stage 5 Tour of the Netherlands 1st Criterium Aalst 1st Montenaken 2nd Road race National Road Championships 2nd Tour of Flanders 2nd Gullegem Koerse 3rd Omloop Het Volk 1951 1st Vijfbergenomloop 3rd Brussels Izegem 1952 1st Omloop der Zuid West Vlaamse Bergen 1st Paris Brussels 2nd Paris Tours 3rd Tour of Flanders 1953 1st Overall Dwars door Belgie1st Stage 2b dd 1st Grote Bevrijdingsprijs 1st Antwerpen Luik Antwerpen 1st Antwerpse Havenpijl 1st Waregem 2nd Paris Brussels 2nd Overall Tour of Belgium 1954 1st nbsp Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen 1st Omloop der drie Provincien 1st Prix de Soignies 1st Oedelem 2nd Overall Dwars door Belgie 2nd Overall Omloop Mandel Leie Schelde 3rd GP Mesen 1955 1st Gent Wevelgem 1st Overall Dwars door Belgie1st Stage 2b dd 1st Scheldeprijs Vlaanderen 2nd Nokere Koerse 2nd Paris Limoges 1956 1st Overall GP Bali1st Stage 1 dd 1st Lauwe 1st Boulogne sur Mer 1st Stage 1 TTT Driedaagse van Antwerpen 2nd Omloop Het Volk 3rd Kuurne Brussels Kuurne 1957 1st nbsp Interclubs road race National Road Championships 1st Wervik 1st Langemark 3rd Circuit des Regions Frontalieres 1958 1st nbsp Interclubs road race National Road Championships 1st Wervik 1st De Panne 1st Stage 1 TTT Driedaagse van Antwerpen 2nd GP Roeselare 3rd Harelbeke Antwerp Harelbeke 1959 3rd Dwars door BelgieAwards and honours edit nbsp Statue in honour of Schotte in KanegemChallenge Desgrange Colombo 1948 6 Trophee Edmond Gentil 1948 6 Belgian National Sports Merit Award 1950 Swiss AIOCC Trophy 1972 7 Honorary Citizen of Waregem 1987 8 Statue in Kanegem 1996 9 UCI Hall of Fame 2002 GP Briek Schotte since 2004 10 Monument and square in Desselgem 2005 11 Bust in Waregem 2007 12 Monument in Moorslede 2010 13 10 Euro Silver commemorative coin 2019 14 Books edit20 jaren rennersloopbaan van Briek Schotte by Berten Lafosse in 1955 Atlas Kortrijk 79 p Dutch IJzeren Briek de wielersport zal niet sterven het levensverhaal van Briek Schotte by Andre Blancke in 1987 Het Volk 192 p Dutch ISBN 9063340982 Briek Schotte by Noel Truyers in 1998 De Eecloonaar 48 p Dutch ISBN 9074128297 Briek Schotte de laatste der Flandriens by Rik Vanwalleghem and Bo Decramer in 1999 Lannoo 176 p Dutch ISBN 9789020939163 Briek Schotte De erfenis van Briek by Rik Vanwalleghem and Anna Luyten in 2011 Kannibaal 187 p Dutch ISBN 9789081623735 Briek De laatste Flandrien by Herman Chevrolet in 2019 De Arbeiderspers 248 p Dutch ISBN 9789029526425 Flandrien by Stephan Vanfleteren in 2021 Kannibaal 132 p Dutch ISBN 9789081623711References edit Palmares d Alberic Brik Schotte Bel Memoire du Cyclisme Alberic Schotte FirstCycling com 2022 Briek Schotte procyclingstats com 10 October 2021 Archived from the original on 30 November 2017 Het archief van wielrenner Briek Schotte archiefpunt be in Dutch 25 June 2006 Heroes Joop Zoetemelk Flandria Bikes 22 February 2022 Archived from the original on 22 December 2010 a b Palmares Rik van Looy 2017 AIOCC TROPHY Unieke munt herdenkt 100ste geboortedag van ereburger Briek Schotte Het Laatste Nieuws 29 July 2019 Kanegem zet Briek Schotte in de kijker Flandrien krijgt hulde aan standbeeld tijdens doortocht van Dwars Door Vlaanderen Het Laatste Nieuws 1 April 2019 DesselgemKoerse desselgemkoerse be in Dutch 5 January 2023 Standbeeld voor Briek Schotte in Dutch Het Nieuwsblad 5 December 2005 Waregem Borstbeeld van Briek Schotte een kunstwerk van Yvan Behaeghe Mapio net Hulde voor Briek Schotte met gedenkbord KW be in Dutch 29 March 2010 Zilveren herdenkingsmunt 10 euro in Dutch Waregem be External links editAlberic Schotte at Cycling Archives nbsp Alberic Schotte at ProCyclingStats nbsp Alberic Schotte at CycleBase nbsp Official Tour de France results for Alberic Schotte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Briek Schotte amp oldid 1141733134, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
