Louis Coolsaet
_-_btv1b6915658z.jpg) Coolsaet in 1911 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Louis Coolsaet |
| Born | 21 November 1884 Tourcoing, France |
| Died | 12 May 1941 (aged 56) Tourcoing, France |
| Height | 172 cm (5 ft 8 in) |
| Weight | 73 kg (161 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
Louis Coolsaet (21 November 1884 – 12 May 1941) was a Belgian-French professional road racing cyclist.[1]
Biography
Coolsaet was born in 1884 in Tourcoing to Belgian parents. He lived in Waterloo, Belgium.[2] He raced for Valante in 1904 and as an individual from 1905 to 1913. He participated in four editions of the Tour de France and was most notable for finishing 7th in the 1904 Tour de France.[3][4] He was in this Tour one of the only four people who earned prize money.[2]
He also competed in other main international cycling races achieving several top-10 results and won the bronze medal at the 1908 Flanders Road Race Championship.[5] He finished among others tenth in the 1905 Paris-Roubaix and second overall in the Etoile Caroloregienne stage race, the predecessor of Grand Prix de Wallonie.[6][7]
Major Results
- 1904
- 7th Overall 1904 Tour de France
- 6th Stage 6
- 1905
- 10th 1905 Paris-Roubaix
- 1908
Flanders Road Cycling Championship
- 1910
- 9th Paris-Menin
- 1911
- 2nd Overall Etoile Caroloregienne (predecessor of Grand Prix de Wallonie)
- 4th Stage 1
- 5th Stage 2
- 1913
- 8th Stage 14 1913 Tour de France
General classification results timeline
| Grand Tour general classification results | |||||||||||
| Race | 1904 | 1905 | 1911 | 1912 | 1913 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Tour de France
|
7th | — | 24th | DNF (Stage 8) |
21st | ||||||
| Major stage race general classification results | |||||||||||
| Tour of Belgium | — | — | 12th | 11th | DNF | ||||||
| Major Classic results | |||||||||||
| Monument | 1904 | 1905 | 1911 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paris–Roubaix | 14th | 10th | 18th | ||||||||
| Classic | 1904 | 1905 | 1911 | ||||||||
| Paris-Brussels | — | — | 15th | ||||||||
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
References
- ^ "Louis Coolsaet (1884-1941)" (PDF) (in French). Bibliothèque nationale de France. Retrieved 27 July 2025.
- ^ a b Schamp, Rik (29 March 2010). "1904: Henri Cornet de jongste winnaar". CyclingOpinions.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 30 July 2025.
- ^ McGann, Bill (12 July 2019). The story of the Tour de France, Volume 1 (2nd ed.). McGann Publishing LLC. p. 422. ISBN 978-0985963651.
- ^ "TOURFIGUUR. Maurice Garin. Van held tot bedrieger". De Standaard (in Dutch). 7 July 2003.
- ^ Witherell, James L. (30 January 2016). Bicycle History: A Chronological History of People, Races and Technology (2nd ed.). McGann Publishing LLC. p. 256. ISBN 978-0985963651.
- ^ "Louis Coolsaet". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 29 July 2025.
- ^ "Etoile Carolorégienne". trworg.be (in French). 20 August 2022. Retrieved 31 July 2025.
External links
- Louis Coolsaet at Cycling Archives
- Louis Coolsaet at ProCyclingStats
- Louis Coolsaet at CycleBase