What is Charles Vanhoutte?
{{Infobox cyclist | name = Charles Vanhoutte | image = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1929|11|22|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Vieux-Mareuil]], France | death_date = {{death date and age|2022|10|20|1929|11|22|df=y}} | death_place = | discipline= [[cyclo-cross]] | residence = }} '''Charles Vanhoutte''' (22 November 1929 – 20 October 2022) was a French-born Belgian [[cyclo-cross]] cyclist. He also helped organizing cyclo cross races and founded a cycling team.<ref name=auto>[https://www.nieuwsblad.be/cnt/dmf20221020_94688246 Veldritgrootheid Charles Vanhoutte (92) overleden], [[Het Nieuwsblad]], 20 October 2022</ref><ref>[https://www.nieuwsblad.be/cnt/dmf20210129_92721745 Charles Vanhoutte (91) zette het veldrijden op de kaart aan de kust: “De cross heeft altijd geleefd in Oostende”], [[Het Nieuwsblad]], 29 January 1921</ref> He was a professional cyclist between 1954 and 1969.<ref>[http://www.cyclingarchives.com/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=7711 Charles Vanhoutte] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221020174857/http://www.cyclingarchives.com/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=7711 |date=2022-10-20 }}, cyclingarchives.com</ref> ==Biography== Vanhoutte won many prizes with cyclo-cross races. One of his earliest main prizes was the bronze medal at the 1954 [[Belgian National Cyclo-cross Championships]] behind [[Frans Feremans]] and [[Roger De Clercq]]. He was specialized on [[sand]] surface. Despite his long list of achievements, Vanhoutte was never world championships. After his cycling career, he stayed involved with the sport. He helped organize main cyclo-cross races in Belgium, making it a bigger sport in Belgium. He also started a cycling team.<ref name=auto /> He coached [[Norbert Dedecker]].<ref name=auto /> He also had his own cycling store.<ref>[https://www.wielerflits.be/nieuws/oudste-nog-in-leven-zijnde-veldrittopper-wordt-vandaag-90/ OUDSTE NOG IN LEVEN ZIJNDE BELGISCHE VELDRITTOPPER WORDT VANDAAG 90], wielerflits.be, 22 November 2019</ref> Until he 2021 he watched cyclo-cros