Ronde van Oost-Vlaanderen

The Ronde van Oost-Vlaanderen was a Belgian cycling race organized for the last time in 1973.

Ronde van Oost-Vlaanderen

Race details
Date	May, June
Region	Flanders, Belgium
English name	Tour of East Flanders
Local name(s)	Ronde van Oost-Vlaanderen (in Dutch), Tour de la Flandre Orientale (in French)
Discipline	Road
Type	One-day race
History
First edition	1960 (1960)
Editions	14
Final edition	1973
First winner	Emiel Verheyden (BEL)
Most wins	Gilbert Desmet (BEL) (2 wins)
Final winner	Eddy Merckx (BEL)

The course, in the province of East Flanders, was around 200 km. Evergem was both start and finish place.

The competition's roll of honor includes the successes of Benoni Beheyt and Eddy Merckx.

Winners

Year	Winner	Second	Third
1960	Emiel Verheyden	Oswald Declercq	Jozef Schils
1961	Willy Vanden Berghen	Clément Roman	Norbert Kerckhove
1962	Georges Decraeye	José Denoyette	Henri De Wolf
1963	René Van Meenen	Jaak De Boever	Edmond Coppens
1964	Benoni Beheyt	René Van Meenen	Norbert Coreelman
1965	August Verhaegen	Guido Reybrouck	Jozef Huysmans
1966	Gilbert Desmet	Yvan Verbist	Gustaaf Desmet
1967	Georges Vandenberghe	Jaak De Boever	Frans Aerenhouts
1968	Gilbert Desmet	Gustaaf Desmet	Luc Leman
1969	Frans Verbeeck	Yvan Verbist	Jozef Moons
1970	Frans Mintjens	Georges Vandenberghe	Eddy Merckx
1971	Joseph Bruyere	Maurice Eyers	Julien Stevens
1972	Willy Vanneste	Gilbert Wuytack	Willy Planckaert
1973	Eddy Merckx	Richard Bukacki	Alfons De Bal