Track Championships Karel Kaers (3 June 1914[1] – 20 December 1972) was a Belgian professional cyclist with 30 wins.

Karel Kaers started racing at 14 and won 37 events in his first two years, including the Belgian boys' championship on the road.

[7] He won the 320 km Circuit of Paris road race in 1937, then rode the track again in the winter and equalled Jef Scherens' record of 29.6s for 500 metres.

He then broke the world one-mile record at Wembley, during the six-day race, by riding 1m 49.6s.

[8] Karel Kaers ran a bar inside the entrance to the Sportpaleis track in Antwerp after he stopped racing.