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Louis Mottiat

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



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