Omloop van Oost-Vlaanderen
| Race details | |
|---|---|
| Date | May, June |
| Region | Flanders, Belgium |
| English name | Circuit of East Flanders |
| Local name(s) | Omloop van Oost-Vlaanderen (Dutch) |
| Discipline | Road |
| Type | One-day |
| History | |
| First edition | 1945 |
| Editions | 35 |
| Final edition | 1979 |
| First winner | Achiel De Backer (BEL) |
| Most wins | Achiel De Backer (BEL) Rik Van Looy (BEL) (2 wins) |
| Final winner | Daniel Willems (BEL) |
The Omloop van Oost-Vlaanderen was a post WW II-men's cycling race organized for the last time in 1979. The start and finish place was Ertvelde (East Flanders, Belgium).[1]
The competition's roll of honor includes the successes of Rik Van Looy, Walter Godefroot and Herman Van Springel.[2]
Winners
| Year | Winner | Second | Third |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 | Achiel De Backer | Marcel Ryckaert | René Adriaensens |
| 1946 | Achiel De Backer | Omer Van Geystelen | Robert Van Eenaeme |
| 1947 | Roger De Corte | Achiel Buysse | André Maelbrancke |
| 1948 | Théo Middelkamp | Michel Remue | Arsène Rijckaert |
| 1949 | Georges Claes | Roger Decorte | Achiel Schepens |
| 1950 | Hector Smet | Lode Poels | August Van Mirlo |
| 1951 | Lucien Deporteer | Emmanuel Thoma | Jean Bogaerts |
| 1952 | Arsène Rijckaert | Roger Gyselinck | Piet Van As |
| 1953 | Hilaire Couvreur | Marcel Ryckaert | Roger Desmet |
| 1954 | Alfred De Bruyne | Roger Decock | Henri Van Kerkhove |
| 1955 | Rik Van Looy | Alfred De Bruyne | Gaston De Wacher |
| 1956 | Gilbert Desmet | Roger Decock | André Rosseel |
| 1957 | Rik Van Looy | André Noyelle | Jos De Feyter |
| 1958 | Joseph Theuns | Gustaaf Van Vaerenbergh | Karel Clerckx |
| 1959 | Roger Decock | Jules Mertens | Peter Van Der Plaetsen |
| 1960 | Willy Haelterman | Léopold Rosseel | André Noyelle |
| 1961 | André Noyelle | Michel Van Aerde | Maurice Meuleman |
| 1962 | Gabriel Borra | Benoni Beheyt | Rik Van Looy |
| 1963 | Piet Van Est | Jan Janssen | Roger De Breucker |
| 1964 | Willy Raes | Edward Sels | Constant Schreel |
| 1965 | Léo Van Drongen | Hugo De Thaey | Julien Haelterman |
| 1966 | Joseph Mathy | Donaat Himpe | Bernard Vandekerkhove |
| 1967 | Noel Fore | Roger Rosiers | Willy Van Neste |
| 1968 | Léopold Van Den Neste | Frans Brands | Albert Van Vlierberghe |
| 1969 | Daniel Van Ryckeghem | Ludo Van Dromme | Ronny Van De Vijver |
| 1970 | Etienne Buysse | Joseph Schoeters | Willy Scheers |
| 1971 | Frans Melckenbeeck | Maurice Dury | Mats Gerritsen |
| 1972 | Noël Van Clooster | Richard Buckaki | Roger Loysch |
| 1973 | Walter Godefroot | Frans Van Looy | Freddy Maertens |
| 1974 | Daniel Verplancke | Willem Peeters | Freddy Maertens |
| 1975 | Herman Van Springel | Julien Stevens | Daniel Verplancke |
| 1976 | Ferdi Van Den Haute | Albert Van Vlierberghe | André Delcroix |
| 1977 | Piet Van Katwijk | Emiel Gijsemans | Rudy Pevenage |
| 1978 | Guido Van Calster | Jozef Van De Poel | Eddy Verstraeten |
| 1979 | Daniel Willems | Piet Van Katwijk | Etienne De Beule |
References
- ^ "Circuit de Flandre orientale (Bel) - Ex". Memoire-du-cyclisme.eu. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
- ^ "Omloop Oost-Vlaanderen". FirstCycling.com. 2022.