 Kaers with rainbow jersey in 1934 | |||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Karel Kaers | ||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Le Phénomène | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 3 June 1914 Vosselaar, Belgium | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 20 December 1972 (aged 58) Antwerp, Belgium | ||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Road, track | ||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||
| Rider type | Sprinter | ||||||||||||||
| Professional teams | |||||||||||||||
| 1933-1934 | Individual | ||||||||||||||
| 1935 | Pélissier-Hutchinson | ||||||||||||||
| 1936 | Colin-Wolber and Bristol | ||||||||||||||
| 1937-1938 | Alcyon-Dunlop and Bury | ||||||||||||||
| 1939-1940 | Alcyon | ||||||||||||||
| 1941-1943 | Individual | ||||||||||||||
| 1944 | A. Trialoux-Wolber | ||||||||||||||
| 1945-46 | Individual | ||||||||||||||
| 1947 | Magali | ||||||||||||||
| Major wins | |||||||||||||||
One-day races and Classics
Track Championships
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Medal record
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Karel Kaers (3 June 1914[1] – 20 December 1972) was a Belgian professional cyclist with 30 wins.[2]
Kaers was born in Vosselaar. In 1934 he became the youngest world road champion, winning in Leipzig at 20. It was the first time he had ridden the race. He also won the Tour of Flanders in 1939, and the Belgian national championship in 1937.[3]
His last race was on the track at Ordrup, near Copenhagen, Denmark, on 9 May 1948. He finished fourth in an omnium competition.[4]
- ^ The Bicycle, UK, 25 December 1946 p15
- ^ "Karel Kaers". FirstCycling.com. 2023.
- ^ "Palmarès de Karel Kaers (Bel)". Memoire-du-cyclisme.eu (in French). Retrieved 15 July 2023.
- ^ "Palmarès de Karel Kaers (Bel)". Archived from the original on 12 October 2008. Retrieved 17 November 2008.