GP Roeselare

The GP Roeselare (officially Grote Prijs van de Bank van Roeselare en West-Vlaanderen) was a post WW II-men's cycling race organized for the last time in 1976. The start and finish place was Roeselare (West Flanders, Belgium).[1]

GP Roeselare
Race details
DateMay, June
RegionFlanders, Belgium
English nameGP Roeselare
Local name(s)Bankprijs (Dutch)
DisciplineRoad
TypeOne-day
History
First edition1947 (1947)
Editions24
Final edition1976
First winner Achiel Buysse (BEL)
Most wins René Mertens (BEL)
 Frans Melckenbeeck (BEL)
 Freddy Maertens (BEL)
(2 wins)
Final winner Marc De Meyer (BEL)

The competition's roll of honor includes the successes of Rik Van Looy, Patrick Sercu and Freddy Maertens.[2]

Winners
Year Winner Second Third
1947 Belgium Achiel Buysse Belgium Julien Heernaert Belgium Edward Peeters
1948–1951 No race
1952 Belgium Emmanuel Thoma Belgium Omer Braekevelt Belgium Roger Desmet
1953 Belgium René Mertens Belgium Herni Denys Belgium Julien Pascal
1954 Belgium René Mertens Belgium Joseph Theuns Belgium Florent Rondelé
1955 Belgium Joseph De Feyter Belgium René Mertens Belgium Lucien Demunster
1956 Belgium Jean Branckart Belgium Jan Delin Netherlands Wout Wagtmans
1957 Belgium Rik Van Looy Belgium Jean Adriaenssens Belgium Noël Foré
1958 Belgium Robert Depauw Belgium Briek Schotte Belgium Julien Schepens
1959 Belgium Roger Baens Belgium Rik Luyten Belgium Léopold Rosseel
1960 Belgium Julien Schepens Belgium Albert Van Eeckhout Belgium Willy Truye
1961 Belgium Noël Foré Belgium Yvo Molenaers Belgium Louis Proost
1962 Belgium Frans Aerenhouts Belgium Armand Desmet Belgium Marcel Seynaeve
1963 Belgium Frans Melckenbeeck Belgium Noël Foré Belgium Gilbert Desmet
1964 Belgium Frans Melckenbeeck Belgium Arthur Decabooter Belgium Benoni Beheyt
1965 Belgium Gustaaf De Smet Belgium Constant Jongen Belgium Kamiel Vyncke
1966 Belgium Edouard Sels Belgium Gustaaf De Smet Denmark Palle Lykke Jensen
1967 No race
1968 Belgium Walter Boucquet Belgium Raymond Steegmans Belgium Gustaaf De Smet
1969 Belgium Eric Leman Belgium Erik De Vlaeminck United Kingdom Barry Hoban
1970 Belgium André Dierickx Belgium Jean-Pierre Monseré Belgium Roger De Vlaeminck
1971 Belgium Patrick Sercu Belgium Noël Van Clooster Belgium Willy Planckaert
1972 No race
1973 Belgium Freddy Maertens Belgium Walter Planckaert Netherlands Théo Van Der Leeuw
1974 Belgium Albert Van Vlierberghe Belgium Walter Planckaert Belgium Frans Verbeeck
1975 Belgium Freddy Maertens Belgium Frans Verbeeck Belgium Marc Demeyer
1976 Belgium Marc Demeyer Belgium Pol Verschuere Belgium Walter Planckaert

References
  1. "G.P de la Banque / Roulers (Bel) – Ex". Memoire-du-cyclisme.eu. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  2. "GP Roeselare". FirstCycling.com. 2022.
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