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- Karel Kaers was born on June 3, 1914 in Vosselaar, Flanders, Belgium. He was an actor, known for De Roof van Hop-Marianneke (1955) and De fantastische ronde (1957). He died on December 20, 1972 in Antwerp, Flanders, Belgium.
- As a professional, Karel Kaers is also active on the cycling arena. Among others, Kaers wins the Six Days of Paris, London and Copenhagen.
- Lance Armstrong is frequently described as the youngest world champion. In fact, he was only the third youngest road champion when he took the rainbow jersey in Oslo in 1993. Armstrong was two weeks short of 22; Kaers had just turned 20. Jean-Pierre Monseré was three weeks short of 22 when he became champion in Leicester on 16 August 1970.
- In 1934 he became the youngest world road champion, winning in Leipzig at 20. It was the first time he had ridden the race.
- In 1934 he began riding more on the road, winning the world championship at Leipzig. That winter he rode 1m 9.6s for a standing-start kilometer and, another track record, 1m 48s for the flying-start kilometer, both on the Vélodrome d'Hiver in Paris.
- In France, he was known as Le Phénomène.
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