Alfred Mottard (11 August 1892 – 24 January 1945) was a Belgian racing cyclist.[1] He rode in the 1920 Tour de France.[2][3] He was arrested by the Gestapo and imprisoned in Fort Breendonk and Buchenwald concentration camp before dying in Mittelbau-Dora concentration camp in 1945.[4]

Alfred Mottard
Personal information
Born(1892-08-11)11 August 1892
Jemelle, Belgium
Died24 January 1945(1945-01-24) (aged 52)
near Nordhausen, Nazi Germany
Team information
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider

References

edit
  1. ^ "Alfred Mottard". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
  2. ^ "Tour de France 1920". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
  3. ^ "14ème Tour de France 1920". Memoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 24 January 2012.
  4. ^ "Alfred Mottard". Gedenkstätte Buchenwald (in German). Retrieved 28 January 2024.
edit