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

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