Louis Mottiat

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Louis Mottiat
Personal information
Full name Louis Mottiat
Nickname The iron man ((Dutch):De man van ijzer)
Date of birth July 6, 1889(1889-07-06)
Date of death June 5, 1972 (aged 82)
Country Flag of Belgium Belgium
Team information
Discipline Road
Role Rider
Professional team(s)
1912-1913
1913-1914
1919-1921
1922-1926
Thomann
Alcyon
Alcyon-La Sportive
Alcyon-Dunlop
Major wins
8 stages Tour de France
Liège-Bastogne-Liège(2x)
Tour of Belgium (2x)
Infobox last updated on:
May 27, 2008

Louis Mottiat (Bouffioulx, 6 July 1889Gilly, 5 June 1972) was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer. Because of his endurance he was nicknamed 'the iron man'. His career was interupted by World War One.

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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 overal 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

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NAME Mottiat, Louis
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION Road bicycle racer
DATE OF BIRTH 6 July 1889
PLACE OF BIRTH Bouffioulx
DATE OF DEATH 5 June 1972
PLACE OF DEATH Gilly


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