Ronde van West-Vlaanderen

The Ronde van West-Vlaanderen was a cycling race organized for the last time in 1978.[1]

Ronde van West-Vlaanderen
Race details
DateMarch, May, August, September
RegionFlanders, Belgium
English nameTour of West-Flanders
Local name(s)Ronde van West-Vlaanderen (in Dutch), Tour de Flandre Occidentale (in French)
DisciplineRoad
CompetitionCat. 1.2
TypeOne-day race
History
First edition1960 (1960)
Editions19
Final edition1978
First winner Henri De Wolf (BEL)
Most wins (2 wins)
Final winner Cees Priem (NED)

The course was situated in West-Flanders. The competition's roll of honor includes the successes of Eddy Merckx and Eric De Vlaeminck.[2]

Winners

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Year Winner Second Third
1960   Henri De Wolf   Louis Lemarcq   Fernand Tuytens
1961   Gilbert Desmet   Armand Desmet   Gustaaf De Smet
1962   Leon Gevaert   Fernand Tuytens   Gabriel Borra
1963   Leon Van Daele   André Noyelle   Albert Covens
1964   Bernard Van de Kerckhove   Fernand Deferm   Oswald Declercq
1965   Guido Reybrouck   Herman Van Loo   Karel Colpaert
1966   Omer Ballegeer   Clément Roman   Walter Godefroot
1967   Willy Bocklant   Walter Godefroot   Herman Van Loo
1968   Roger Rosiers   Eric Demunster   Jean Monteyne
1969   Eric De Vlaeminck   Leen Poortvliet   Harm Ottenbros
1970   Eric De Vlaeminck   Noël Van Clooster   Gustaaf Van Roosbroeck
1971   Jacques Clauwaert   Roger Cooreman   Herman Vrijders
1972   Guido Reybrouck   Raphael Van Bruane   Fernand Hermie
1973   Eddy Goossens   Dirk Baert   Noël Van Clooster
1974   Ronny Vanmarcke   Freddy Maertens   Jean-Louis Danguillaume
1975   Michel Pollentier   Herman Vrijders   Alfons De Bal
1976   Eddy Merckx   Willy De Geest   Marc Renier
1977   Willy Planckaert   Sean Kelly   Ronald De Witte
1978   Cees Priem   Aad van den Hoek   Jan Raas

References

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  1. ^ "Tour de Flandre Occidentale". FirstCycling.com. 2023.
  2. ^ "Palmares d'Eddy Merckx". Memoire-du-cyclisme.eu (in French). Retrieved 31 December 2021.