Result : 42 starters 25 april 1945
1. Briek Schotte
2. Michel Remue
3. Des. Keteleer
4. Renders
5. M. De Simpelaere

Albéric (Briek) Schotte, nicknamed Iron Briek (Kanegem, 7 September 1919 – Kortrijk, 4 April 2004) was a Belgian cyclist and team leader.

During his long career, he won the Tour of Flanders twice (1942 and 1948), competing twenty times, and was world champion twice (1948 and 1950). He also competed in the Tour de France four times (1947 to 1950), finishing second to Gino Bartali in 1948.

With his angular, hard-working style, Schotte was the epitome of the Flandrien. He was called the Last Flandrien. A statue of him as a hard-working rider has graced the village square of Kanegem since 1997 (statue by Jef Claerhout).

After his active career as a cyclist, he was active as a team leader for another 30 years, during which time he and his riders also won the Tour of Flanders four times.

Briek Schotte died in 2004 on the day of the Tour of Flanders and was given a funeral in style – he was carried in and out of the church by eight cycling greats from four generations, including four world champions: Rik Van Looy, Benoni Beheyt, Eddy Merckx, Roger De Vlaeminck, Freddy Maertens, Eric Leman, Sean Kelly, and Frank Vandenbroucke. A cycling race, the GP Briek Schotte, is named after him and is held in Desselgem, a sub-municipality of Waregem.

His grave can be found in the cemetery of Waregem, the town of which he was also an honorary citizen. Schotte lived for many years in the Desselgem district.