Omloop van het Zuidwesten

The Omloop van het Zuidwesten was a Belgian cycling race organized for the last time in 1982.[1]

Omloop van het Zuidwesten
Race details
DateMarch, July
RegionFlanders, Belgium
English nameCircuit of the South-West
Local name(s)Omloop van Zuid-West Vlaanderen (in Dutch), Circuit du Sud-Ouest (in French)
DisciplineRoad
CompetitionCat. 1.2
TypeOne-day race
History
First edition1963 (1963)
Editions20
Final edition1982
First winner Marcel Ongenae (BEL)
Most wins
(2 wins)
Final winner Alain Van Hoornweder (BEL)

The course was around 185 km, with Hulste as both start and finish place.[2]

The competition's roll of honor includes the successes of Roger De Vlaeminck, Walter Godefroot and Patrick Sercu.[3]

UCI World Champion Jean-Pierre Monseré (left) in the Omloop van het Zuidwesten 1971

Winners
Year Winner Second Third
1963 Belgium Marcel Ongenae Belgium Henri De Wolf Belgium Willy Raes
1964 Belgium Gustaaf Van Vaerenbergh Belgium Walter Boucquet Belgium Robert Seneca
1965 Belgium Walter Godefroot Belgium Willy Bocklant Belgium Hubert Criel
1966 Belgium Léopold Vanden Neste Belgium Ludo Van Dromme Belgium Jaak De Boever
1967 Belgium Emiel Coppens Belgium Bruno Janssens Belgium Jérôme Kegels
1968 Belgium Daniel Van Ryckeghem Belgium Willy Vanneste Belgium André Hendryckx
1969 Belgium Noël Vantyghem Belgium Christian Callens Belgium Jean-Marie Sohier
1970 Belgium Herman Vanspringel Belgium Georges Vanconingsloo Belgium Etienne Sonck
1971 Belgium Roger De Vlaeminck Belgium Jean-Pierre Monseré Belgium Alain Santy
1972 Belgium Joseph Abelshausen Belgium Dirk Baert Belgium Fernand Hermie
1973 Belgium Roger De Vlaeminck Belgium Gustaaf Hermans Belgium Victor Van Schil
1974 Belgium Bernard Draux Belgium Eddy Verstraeten Belgium Roger Rosiers
1975 Netherlands Richard Bukacki Belgium José Vanackere Belgium Eddy Van Hoof
1976 Belgium Jean-Luc Vandenbroucke Belgium Ronan De Meyer Belgium José Vanackere
1977 Netherlands Adrianus Schipper Belgium Eddy Vanhaerens France Marcel Tinazzi
1978 Netherlands Dirk Wayenbergh Belgium Gery Verlinden France Frank Hoste
1979 Belgium Willem Peeters Belgium Jean-Luc Vandenbroucke Belgium Carlos Cuyle
1980 Belgium Patrick Sercu Belgium Dirk Gilbert Belgium Charles Jochums
1981 Belgium Benny Van Brabant Belgium Danny Ameloot Netherlands Hubert Pronk
1982 Belgium Alain Van Hoornweder Belgium Luc Colijn Belgium Gérard Blockx

References
  1. "Circuit du Sud-Ouest (Bel) - Ex". Memoire-du-cyclisme.eu (in French). Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  2. "Omloop van het Zuidwesten". procyclingstats.com (in French). 2022.
  3. "Circuit Flandres Sud-Ouest". FirstCycling.com. 2022.
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