Omloop van Oost-Vlaanderen

Omloop van Oost-Vlaanderen
Race details
DateMay, June
RegionFlanders, Belgium
English nameCircuit of East Flanders
Local name(s)Omloop van Oost-Vlaanderen (Dutch)
DisciplineRoad
TypeOne-day
History
First edition1945 (1945)
Editions35
Final edition1979
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 Belgium Achiel De Backer Belgium Marcel Ryckaert Belgium René Adriaensens
1946 Belgium Achiel De Backer Belgium Omer Van Geystelen Belgium Robert Van Eenaeme
1947 Belgium Roger De Corte Belgium Achiel Buysse Belgium André Maelbrancke
1948 Netherlands Théo Middelkamp Belgium Michel Remue Belgium Arsène Rijckaert
1949 Belgium Georges Claes Belgium Roger Decorte Belgium Achiel Schepens
1950 Belgium Hector Smet Belgium Lode Poels Belgium August Van Mirlo
1951 Belgium Lucien Deporteer Belgium Emmanuel Thoma Belgium Jean Bogaerts
1952 Belgium Arsène Rijckaert Belgium Roger Gyselinck Netherlands Piet Van As
1953 Belgium Hilaire Couvreur Belgium Marcel Ryckaert Belgium Roger Desmet
1954 Belgium Alfred De Bruyne Belgium Roger Decock Belgium Henri Van Kerkhove
1955 Belgium Rik Van Looy Belgium Alfred De Bruyne Belgium Gaston De Wacher
1956 Belgium Gilbert Desmet Belgium Roger Decock Belgium André Rosseel
1957 Belgium Rik Van Looy Belgium André Noyelle Belgium Jos De Feyter
1958 Netherlands Joseph Theuns Belgium Gustaaf Van Vaerenbergh Belgium Karel Clerckx
1959 Belgium Roger Decock Belgium Jules Mertens Belgium Peter Van Der Plaetsen
1960 Belgium Willy Haelterman Belgium Léopold Rosseel Belgium André Noyelle
1961 Belgium André Noyelle Netherlands Michel Van Aerde Belgium Maurice Meuleman
1962 Belgium Gabriel Borra Belgium Benoni Beheyt Belgium Rik Van Looy
1963 Netherlands Piet Van Est Netherlands Jan Janssen Belgium Roger De Breucker
1964 Belgium Willy Raes Belgium Edward Sels Belgium Constant Schreel
1965 Netherlands Léo Van Drongen Belgium Hugo De Thaey Belgium Julien Haelterman
1966 Belgium Joseph Mathy Belgium Donaat Himpe Belgium Bernard Vandekerkhove
1967 Belgium Noel Fore Belgium Roger Rosiers Belgium Willy Van Neste
1968 Belgium Léopold Van Den Neste Belgium Frans Brands Belgium Albert Van Vlierberghe
1969 Belgium Daniel Van Ryckeghem Belgium Ludo Van Dromme Belgium Ronny Van De Vijver
1970 Belgium Etienne Buysse Belgium Joseph Schoeters Belgium Willy Scheers
1971 Belgium Frans Melckenbeeck Belgium Maurice Dury Netherlands Mats Gerritsen
1972 Belgium Noël Van Clooster Netherlands Richard Buckaki Belgium Roger Loysch
1973 Belgium Walter Godefroot Belgium Frans Van Looy Belgium Freddy Maertens
1974 Belgium Daniel Verplancke Belgium Willem Peeters Belgium Freddy Maertens
1975 Belgium Herman Van Springel Belgium Julien Stevens Belgium Daniel Verplancke
1976 Belgium Ferdi Van Den Haute Belgium Albert Van Vlierberghe Belgium André Delcroix
1977 Netherlands Piet Van Katwijk Belgium Emiel Gijsemans Belgium Rudy Pevenage
1978 Belgium Guido Van Calster Belgium Jozef Van De Poel Belgium Eddy Verstraeten
1979 Belgium Daniel Willems Netherlands Piet Van Katwijk Belgium Etienne De Beule

References

  1. ^ "Circuit de Flandre orientale (Bel) - Ex". Memoire-du-cyclisme.eu. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  2. ^ "Omloop Oost-Vlaanderen". FirstCycling.com. 2022.