Louis Mottiat
Belgian cyclist
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Full name | Louis Mottiat |
Nickname | The iron man ((in Dutch):De man van ijzer) |
Born | (1889-07-06)6 July 1889 Bouffioulx, Belgium |
Died | 5 June 1972(1972-06-05) (aged 82) Gilly, Belgium |
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 Bouffioulx, 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
- Brussels-Paris
- 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
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Liège–Bastogne–Liège winners
- Léon Houa (1892–1894)
- (1895–1907, not held)
- André Trousselier (1908)
- Victor Fastre (1909)
- (1910, not held)
- Joseph Van Daele (1911)
- Omer Verschoore (1912)
- Maurice Moritz (1913)
- (1914–1918, not held)
- Léon Devos (1919)
- Léon Scieur (1920)
- Louis Mottiat (1921–1922)
- René Vermandel (1923–1924)
- Georges Ronsse (1925)
- Dieudonné Smets (1926)
- Maurice Raes (1927)
- Ernest Mottard (1928)
- Alphonse Schepers (1929)
- Hermann Buse (1930)
- Alphonse Schepers (1931)
- Marcel Houyoux (1932)
- François Gardier (1933)
- Théo Herckenrath (1934)
- Alphonse Schepers (1935)
- Albert Beckaert (1936)
- Éloi Meulenberg (1937)
- Alfons Deloor (1938)
- Albert Ritserveldt (1939)
- (1940–1942, not held)
- Richard Depoorter (1943)
- (1944, not held)
- Jan Engels (1945)
- Prosper Depredomme (1946)
- Richard Depoorter (1947)
- Maurice Mollin (1948)
- Camille Danguillaume (1949)
- Prosper Depredomme (1950)
- Ferdinand Kübler (1951–1952)
- Alois De Hertog (1953)
- Marcel Ernzer (1954)
- Stan Ockers (1955)
- Fred De Bruyne (1956)
- Frans Schoubben and Germain Derycke (1957)
- Fred De Bruyne (1958–1959)
- Albertus Geldermans (1960)
- Rik Van Looy (1961)
- Jef Planckaert (1962)
- Frans Melckenbeeck (1963)
- Willy Bocklant (1964)
- Carmine Preziosi (1965)
- Jacques Anquetil (1966)
- Walter Godefroot (1967)
- Valère Van Sweevelt (1968)
- Eddy Merckx (1969)
- Roger De Vlaeminck (1970)
- Eddy Merckx (1971–1973)
- Georges Pintens (1974)
- Eddy Merckx (1975)
- Joseph Bruyère (1976)
- Bernard Hinault (1977)
- Joseph Bruyère (1978)
- Dietrich Thurau (1979)
- Bernard Hinault (1980)
- Josef Fuchs (1981)
- Silvano Contini (1982)
- Steven Rooks (1983)
- Sean Kelly (1984)
- Moreno Argentin (1985–1987)
- Adri van der Poel (1988)
- Sean Kelly (1989)
- Eric Van Lancker (1990)
- Moreno Argentin (1991)
- Dirk De Wolf (1992)
- Rolf Sørensen (1993)
- Evgeni Berzin (1994)
- Mauro Gianetti (1995)
- Pascal Richard (1996)
- Michele Bartoli (1997–1998)
- Frank Vandenbroucke (1999)
- Paolo Bettini (2000)
- Oscar Camenzind (2001)
- Paolo Bettini (2002)
- Tyler Hamilton (2003)
- Davide Rebellin (2004)
- Alexander Vinokourov (2005)
- Alejandro Valverde (2006)
- Danilo Di Luca (2007)
- Alejandro Valverde (2008)
- Andy Schleck (2009)
- Alexander Vinokourov (2010)
- Philippe Gilbert (2011)
- Maxim Iglinsky (2012)
- Dan Martin (2013)
- Simon Gerrans (2014)
- Alejandro Valverde (2015)
- Wout Poels (2016)
- Alejandro Valverde (2017)
- Bob Jungels (2018)
- Jakob Fuglsang (2019)
- Primož Roglič (2020)
- Tadej Pogačar (2021)
- Remco Evenepoel (2022–2023)
- Tadej Pogačar (2024)
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