Family tree of Briek SCHOTTE

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Belgian Born Alberic,Leo SCHOTTE

Belgian professional road racing cyclist

Born on September 07, 1919 in Kanegem , Belgium

Died on April 04, 2004 in Kortrijk , Belgium

Born on september 07 48

Deceased on april 04 34

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SCHOTTE

Ferdinand

1793 - 1854

van MAERCKE

Theresia

1812 - 1893

DEMEULENAERE

Amand

1813 - 1848

BEAUMAREZ

Barba

1813 - 1900

SCHOTTE

Leonard

1841 -

DEMEULENAERE

Juliana

1842 - 1903

SCHOTTE

Henricus Josephus

1877 - 1968

de BOUVER

Maria Octavia

1889 - 1955

SCHOTTE

Alberic Leo "Briek"

1919 - 2004

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He was world champion in 1948 and 1950, won the last stage of the 1947 Tour de France and finished second in the epic 1948 Tour, behind Gino Bartali. He twice won the Ronde van Vlaanderen (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.

After retirement in 1959, he was a team coach for 30 years, mostly for Flandria . He died on the day of the 2004 Ronde van Vlaanderen. The commentators during the race said "God must have been one of Briek's greatest fans".

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