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Born | Kwaadmechelen, Belgium | 27 May 1929|||||||||||||||||
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Lode Alphonse Wouters (27 May 1929 – 25 March 2014) was a Belgian cyclist. He was born in Kwaadmechelen, Belgium. [1] He competed for Belgium in the 1948 Summer Olympics held in London, United Kingdom in the individual road race event where he finished in third place. [2] He also led the Belgian team of Léon Delathouwer and Eugène van Roosbroeck to the gold medal in the team road race. [2] He died in March 2014 in Geel.
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