Omloop van Midden-Vlaanderen
| Race details | |
|---|---|
| Date | May |
| Region | Flanders, Belgium |
| English name | Circuit of Central Flanders |
| Local name(s) | Omloop van Midden-Vlaanderen (Dutch), Circuit de Flandre Centrale (French) |
| Discipline | Road |
| Competition | Cat. 1.2 |
| Type | One-day |
| History | |
| First edition | 1936 |
| Editions | 36 |
| Final edition | 1976 |
| First winner | Maurits Raes (BEL) |
| Most wins | André Messelis (BEL) Roger De Corte (BEL) Willy Planckaert (BEL) (2 wins) |
| Final winner | Eric Leman (BEL) |
The Omloop van Midden-Vlaanderen was a men's cycling race organized for the last time in 1976. The start and finish place was Deinze (East Flanders, Belgium).[1]
The competition's roll of honor includes the successes of Patrick Sercu and Freddy Maertens.[2]
Winners
| Year | Winner | Second | Third |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1936 | Maurits Raes | Michel D'Hooghe | Gerrit Van Der Ruit |
| 1937 | Lodewijk Noens | Roger Vandendriessche | Michel D'Hooghe |
| 1938 | Auguste Toubeau | Sylvain Grysolle | Michel Hermie |
| 1939 | Michel Claes | Georges Christiaans | Maurice De Simpelaere |
| 1940–1944 | No race during World War II | ||
| 1945 | André Maelbrancke | Michel Remue | André Pieters |
| 1946 | Richard Depoorter | Achiel Buysse | Achiel De Backer |
| 1947 | André Rosseel | Michel Remue | Lucien Matthijs |
| 1948 | Achiel Buysse | Michel Remue | André Pieters |
| 1949 | Roger De Corte | Lucien Matthijs | Gaston De Wachter |
| 1950 | René Mertens | Hendrick De Hoog | Henri Bauwens |
| 1951 | Roger De Corte | Jos De Feyter | Louis Brusselmans |
| 1952 | Lucien Matthijs | Constant Verschueren | Frans Viskens |
| 1953 | Guillaume Labaere | Henri Vankerckhove | Rene Meeuwis |
| 1954 | Julien Van Dijke | Baudouin De Vos | Roger Wyckstandt |
| 1955 | Henri Denys | Lucien Demunster | Baudouin De Vos |
| 1956 | Germain Derijke | Julien Schepens | Norbert Kerckhove |
| 1957 | André Noyelle | René Mertens | André Auquier |
| 1958 | Arie van Wetten | Michel Van Aerde | Florent Rondelé |
| 1959 | Norbert Kerckhove | Leopold Rosseel | Lucien Demunster |
| 1960 | Roger De Cock | Karel Clerckx | Daniel Doom |
| 1961 | André Messelis | Piet Rentmeester | André Noyelle |
| 1962 | André Messelis | Arthur Decabooter | Frans De Mulder |
| 1963 | Maurice Meuleman | Benoni Beheyt | Gustaaf De Smet |
| 1964 | Jacques De Boever | Arthur Decabooter | Edward Sels |
| 1965 | Benoni Beheyt | Ivo Molenaers | Arthur Decabooter |
| 1966 | Louis Proost | Hugo Scrayen | Henri Pauwels |
| 1967 | Joseph Mathy | Theo Verschueren | Jozef Boons |
| 1968 | Patrick Sercu | Bernard Vandekerckhove | Emile Bodart |
| 1969 | Willy Planckaert | Jacques De Boever | Roger Cooreman |
| 1970 | Willy Planckaert | Pol Mahieu | Walter Boucquet |
| 1971 | Fernand Hermie | Emiel Cambre | Joop Zoetemelk |
| 1972 | Frans Kerremans | Aimé Delaere | Ghislain Van Landeghem |
| 1973 | Eddy Peelman | Romain Maes | Willy Van Malderghem |
| 1974 | Freddy Maertens | Fedor Den Hertog | Jean Van De Wiele |
| 1975 | Luc Leman | Bernard Deaux | Hervé Vermeeren |
| 1976 | Eric Leman | Marc Renier | Erik Jacques |
References
- ^ "Circuit de Flandre centrale (Bel) – Ex". Memoire-du-cyclisme.eu. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
- ^ "Omloop Midden-Vlaanderen". FirstCycling.com. 2022.