Omloop van de Westhoek

The Omloop van de Westhoek is a one-day road cycling race held annually near Ichtegem, West Flanders, Belgium since 1955.[1] After the death of cyclist Stive Vermaut in 2004, the official name of the race was changed to Omloop van de Westhoek-Memorial Stive Vermaut. A women's edition was held in 2018 as a UCI category 1.2 event and in 2021 as a 1.1 rated event.[2] The men's race has not been held since 2017, and the women's has not been held since 2021.[3]

Omloop van de Westhoek
Race details
DateMarch
RegionWest Flanders
DisciplineRoad
TypeOne-day race
Web sitewww.ddwvl.be/elite_vrouwen.php Edit this at Wikidata
History
First edition
  • 1955 (1955) (men)
  • 2018 (2018) (women)
Editions
  • Men: 55
  • Women: 2
Final edition
  • 2017 (men)
  • 2021 (women)
First winner Gabriel Borra (BEL)
Most wins Nico Kuypers (BEL) (3 wins)
Final winner Joren Touquet (BEL)
History (women)
First winner Floortje Mackaij (NED)
Most winsNo repeat winners
Most recent Christine Majerus (LUX)

Winners

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Year Winner Second Third
1955   Gabriel Borra   Marcel Ongenae   Werner Vanhaecke
1956   Roger Beke   Willy Desmet   Roger Soenens
1957   Marcel Seynaeve   Hector Sabbe   Roger Beke
1958   Albert Daenekynt   Georges Van Maeckelberghe   F. Rousseau
1959–1960 No race
1961   Rom. De Gruyter   Yvan Covent   Léon Vergauwen
1962   Georges Vandenberghe
1963   Bernard Maertens   Willy Vanheste   Étienne Van Vlierberghe
1964   Guido Reybrouck   Étienne Mattheus   Camiel Vyncke
1965   Hubert Criel   Donaat Himpe   Rémi Van Vreckom
1966   Wim Dubois   Herman Decan   Robert Legein
1967   Jos Van Mechelen   Robert Legein   Gilbert Verlinde
1968   Cees Rentmeester   Pol Mahieu   Eddy Museeuw
1969   Roland Callewaert   Daniel Verplancke   M. Desmedt
1970 No race
1971   Gilbert Eeckhout   Gérard Olbe   Eddy Ronquetti
1972   Freddy Maertens   Michel Pollentier   Fons van Katwijk
1973   Bas Hordijk   Mich. Dragin   Lieven Malfait
1974 No race
1975   Jean-Luc Vandenbroucke   Gaby Minneboo   Ronny Bossant
1976   Eddy Vanhaerens   Toine van den Bunder   Wilfried Vyncke
1977   Toine van den Bunder   Frank Hoste   Bernard Huyghe
1978   Walter Schoonjans [nl]   Dirk Vermeersch   Freddy Tanghe
1979   Johan Denijs   Werner Devos   Bernard Huyghe
1980   Alain Van Hoornweder   Eric Borra   Christian Vannieuwenhuyse
1981   Johan Denijs   Hedwig Maes   Patrick Vanvyaene
1982   Eric Wuytack   Chris Capelle   Pieter Verhaeghe
1983   Patrick Verplancke   Gino Knockaert   Rudy Van Gheluwe
1984   Roger Lemmens   Peter Spaenhoven [nl]   Marc Versluys
1985   Jan Mattheus   Rudy De Keyzer   Jos Roovers
1986   Johan Museeuw   Peter Huyghe   Patrick Verplancke
No race
1988   Jan Mattheus   Reginald Vandamme   Walter De Veerman
1989   Reginald Vandamme   Geert De Buck   Stefaan Vermeersch
1990   Danny Nelissen   Willy Willems   Eric De Clercq
1991   Danny Daelman   Tom Steels   Niels Boogaard
1992   Sean Way   Danny Daelman   Danny Sleeckx
1993   Didier Priem [nl]   Stefaan Vermeersch   Roger Vaessen
1994   Frank Høj   Stefaan Vermeersch   Patrick Van Daele
1995   Danny Jonckheere   Yoeri Wandels   Pascal Lievens
1996   Jurgen Vermeersch [nl]   Jan Mattheus   Danny Jonckheere
1997   Pascal Lievens   Jan Mattheus   Jurgen Vermeersch [nl]
1998   Kurt Dewulf   Nico Strynckx   Sébastien Van den Abeele
1999   Mario Raes   Pascal Lievens   James Vanlandschoot
2000   Jurgen De Buysschere   Patrick Cocquyt   Steven De Champs
2001   Patrick Cocquyt   Igor Abakoumov   Lars Vantournhout
2002   Tim Lenaers   Patrick Cocquyt   Jurgen Deceuninck
2003   Nico Kuypers   Steven De Schamp   Jurgen Vermeersch [nl]
2004   Nico Kuypers   Jurgen Van Loocke [nl]   Mario Willems
2005   Nico Kuypers   Jarno Van Mingeroet [de]   Gerdy Ververken
2006   Steven Vanden Bussche   Dirk Clarysse   Geert Vermoote
2007   Gerdy Ververken   Jonas Reybrouck   Nico Savat
2008 No race
2009   Joeri Clauwaert [de]   Werner Vandromme   Stijn Minne
2010   Sven Jodts   Kevin Maene   Martijn Debaene
2011   Nielsen Raedt   Dries Depoorter   Thomas Ongena
2012   Jens Wallays   Brian van Goethem   Jo Maes
2013   Jens Wallays   Jo Maes   Nielsen Raedt
2014   Joeri Calleeuw   Michael Cools   Steven Caethoven
2015   Stijn Minne   Jan Logier   Gianni Marchand
2016   Jo Maes   Stijn Minne   Arjen Livyns
2017   Joren Touquet   Jens Vandenbogaerde   Johan Hemroulle

Women

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Year Winner Second Third
2018   Floortje Mackaij   Lorena Wiebes   Marjolein Van't Geloof
2019 Cancelled due to high winds
2020 Cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic
2021   Christine Majerus   Amy Pieters   Thalita de Jong

References

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  1. ^ "Omloop van de Westhoek". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
  2. ^ "Omloop van de Westhoek - Memorial Stive Vermaut(1.1)". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
  3. ^ "Omloop van de Westhoek-Mem. Steve Vermaut". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 13 July 2023.