Omloop van de Vlasstreek
| Race details | |
|---|---|
| Date | September (GP Heule: Sept, May, June) |
| Region | Flanders, Belgium |
| English name | Circuit of the Flax Region |
| Local name(s) | Omloop van de Vlasstreek (in Dutch), Circuit de la Région Linière (in French) |
| Discipline | Road |
| Competition | Cat. 1.2 |
| Type | One-day race |
| History | |
| First edition | 1945 |
| Editions | 49 |
| Final edition | 1994 |
| First winner | Jérôme Dofrumont (BEL) |
| Most wins |
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| Final winner | Bo Hamburger (DEN) |
Omloop van de Vlasstreek was a Belgian post-WW II cycling race organized for the last time in 1994.[1]
Heule, a small village in the Kortrijk region in West-Flanders, was both start and finish place.[2]
In the first years, it was known as the G.P of Heule.[3]
The competition's roll of honor includes the successes of Briek Schotte and Willy Teirlinck.
Winners
| Year | Winner | Second | Third |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Prix Heule | |||
| 1945 | Jérôme Dufromont | Maurice Desimpelaere | Roger Cnockaert |
| 1946 | Roger Decorte | Adolf Verschueren | Jan Landuyt |
| 1947 | Briek Schotte | Omer Dhaenens | Marcel Rijckaert |
| 1948 | Emmanuel Thoma | René Janssens | Hilaire Couvreur |
| 1949 | Valère Ollivier | Albert Decin | Arthur Mommerency |
| 1950 | Gustave Salembier | Robert Nolf | Emmanuel Thoma |
| 1951 | Henri Van Kerckhove | Gustave Salembier | Julien Van Dycke |
| 1952 | Lucien Mathys | Emmanuel Thoma | André Pieters |
| 1953 | René Mertens | André Pieters | Léopold De Graveleyn |
| 1954 | André Rosseel | Omer Braekeveldt | Julien Pascal |
| 1955 | Gilbert Desmet | Willy Truye | Briek Schotte |
| 1956 | André Rosseel | Roger Verplaetse | Florent Rondelé |
| 1957 | Jozef Verhelst | Roger Devoldere | René Mertens |
| Omloop van de Vlasstreek | |||
| 1962 | Robert Duveau | Karel De Laet | Romain Van Wynsberghe |
| 1963 | André Noyelle | Oswald Declercq | Bernard Van De Kerckove |
| 1964 | Norbert Kerckhove | Norbert Coreelman | André Noyelle |
| 1965 | Léon Verkndere | Lionel Van Damme | André Noyelle |
| 1966 | Frans Melckenbeeck | Georges Delvael | Roland Van De Rijse |
| 1967 | Willy Donie | Walter Godefroot | Jean Monteyne |
| 1968 | Antoon Houbrechts | Georges Smissaert | Walter Godefroot |
| 1969 | Jaak De Boever | Willy Donie | Daniel Van Ryckeghem |
| 1970 | Noël Van Tyghem | Walter Planckaert | Fernand Hermie |
| 1971 | Hubert Hutsebaut | Herman Vrijders | Daniel Van Ryckeghem |
| 1972 | Roger Rosiers | Gery Catteeuw | Julien Van Geeebergen |
| 1973 | Gery Catteeuw | Giovanni jiminez | Emile Lambrecht |
| 1974 | Marc Demeyer | Fedor Den Hertog | Ferdinand Bracke |
| 1975 | No race | ||
| 1976 | Lucien Zelck | André Dierickx | Giovanni jiminez |
| 1977 | Luc Leman | Walter Dalgal | Etienne Vandersnickt |
| 1978 | Roger Verschaeve | Albert Van Vlierberghe | Eddy Van Haerens |
| 1979 | Marc Demeyer | Marc Meernhout | Luc Leman |
| 1980 | Lieven Malfait | Eddy Cael | Eddy Furniere |
| 1981 | Willy De Geest | Etienne De Wilde | Marc Goossens |
| 1982 | Dirk Baert | Jan Baeyens | Marc Goossens |
| 1983 | Eddy Van Haerens | Willy Planckaert | Johan Wellens |
| 1984 | Jacques Cambier | Patrick Devos | Gino Knockaert |
| 1985 | Willy Teirlinck | Luc Wallays | Dirk Demol |
| 1986 | Bert Van Ende | Dirk Heirweg | Wilfried Peeters |
| 1987 | Jean-Marc Vandenberghe | Adrie Kools | Paul Haghedooren |
| 1988 | Johan Delathouwer | Johan Devos | Rudy Van Gheluwe |
| 1989 | Rolf Sørensen | Marnix Lameire | Peter Spaenhoven |
| 1990 | Jean-Marie Vernie | Peter Van Impe | Harry Lodge |
| 1991 | Hendrik Redant | Johan Devos | Johan Museeuw |
| 1992 | Jan Bogaert | Jean-Pierre Heynderickx | Rudy Verdonck |
| 1993 | Patrick Van Roosbroeck | Johan Devos | Paul Haghedooren |
| 1994 | Bo Hamburger | Bart Voskamp | Nigel Perry |
References
- ^ "Circuit de la région linière (Bel) – Ex". Memoire-du-cyclisme.eu (in French). Retrieved 25 December 2022.
- ^ "Circuit de la Region Liniere". FirstCycling.com. 2022.
- ^ "G.P de Heule (Bel) – Kermesse". Memoire-du-cyclisme.eu (in French). Retrieved 25 December 2022.