Karel Rottiers

Karel Rottiers

Rottiers in 1978
Personal information
Full name	Karel Rottiers
Born	(1953-04-07)7 April 1953 Bornem, Belgium
Died	2 July 2024(2024-07-02) (aged 71)
Team information
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Professional teams
1973–1976	Molteni
1977	Fiat France
1978	Zoppas–Zeus
1979	IJsboerke–Warncke Eis
Major wins
Grand Tours Tour de France 1 individual stage (1975)

Karel Rottiers (7 April 1953 – 2 July 2024) was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer. He was born in Bornem on 7 April 1953. Rottiers won the third stage of the 1975 Tour de France. Rottiers died on 2 July 2024, at the age of 71.[1]

Major results

1969

1st Road race, National Novice Road Championships

1972

6th Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen

1973

3rd Circuit des Frontières

4th Overall Giro Ciclistico d'Italia

4th Ronde van Vlaanderen U23

8th Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen

1974

6th Grand Prix de Wallonie

1975

1st Stage 3 Tour de France

References

1. Karel Rottiers, winnaar van Tourrit in 1975, overleden (in Dutch)

External links

• Karel Rottiers at Cycling Archives (archived)
• Karel Rottiers at ProCyclingStats
• Official Tour de France results for Karel Rottiers