Louis Coolsaet (21 November 1884 – 12 May 1941) was a Belgian-French professional road racing cyclist.
Biography Coolsaet was born in 1884 in Tourcoing to Belgian parents. He lived in Waterloo, Belgium. He raced for Valante in 1904 and as an individual from 1905 to 1913. He participated in four editions of the Tour de France and was most notable for finishing 7th in the 1904 Tour de France. He was in this Tour one of the only four people who earned prize money.
He also competed in other main international cycling races achieving several top-10 results and won the bronze medal at the 1908 Flanders Road Race Championship. He finished among others tenth in the 1905 Paris-Roubaix and second overall in the Etoile Caroloregienne stage race, the predecessor of Grand Prix de Wallonie.
Major results 1904 7th Overall 1904 Tour de France 6th Stage 6
1905 10th 1905 Paris-Roubaix
1908 Flanders Road Cycling Championship
1910 9th
1911 2nd Overall Etoile Caroloregienne (predecessor of Grand Prix de Wallonie) 4th Stage 1 5th Stage 2
1913 8th Stage 14 1913 Tour de France
General classification results timeline Grand Tour general classification results Race 1904 1905 1911 1912 1913 Tour de France 7th — 24th DNF(Stage 8) 21stMajor stage race general classification results Tour of Belgium — — 12th 11th DNF Major Classic results Monument 1904 1905 1911 Paris–Roubaix 14th 10th 18th Classic 1904 1905 1911 Paris-Brussels — — 15th
+ Legend — Did not compete DNF Did not finish
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