Omloop van het Zuidwesten
| Race details | |
|---|---|
| Date | March, July |
| Region | Flanders, Belgium |
| English name | Circuit of the South-West |
| Local name(s) | Omloop van Zuid-West Vlaanderen (in Dutch), Circuit du Sud-Ouest (in French) |
| Discipline | Road |
| Competition | Cat. 1.2 |
| Type | One-day race |
| History | |
| First edition | 1963 |
| Editions | 20 |
| Final edition | 1982 |
| First winner | Marcel Ongenae (BEL) |
| Most wins |
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| Final winner | Alain Van Hoornweder (BEL) |
The Omloop van het Zuidwesten was a Belgian cycling race organized for the last time in 1982.[1]
The course was around 185 kilometres (115 mi), 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]
Winners
| Year | Winner | Second | Third |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | Marcel Ongenae | Henri De Wolf | Willy Raes |
| 1964 | Gustaaf Van Vaerenbergh | Walter Boucquet | Robert Seneca |
| 1965 | Walter Godefroot | Willy Bocklant | Hubert Criel |
| 1966 | Léopold Vanden Neste | Ludo Van Dromme | Jaak De Boever |
| 1967 | Emiel Coppens | Bruno Janssens | Jérôme Kegels |
| 1968 | Daniel Van Ryckeghem | Willy Vanneste | André Hendryckx |
| 1969 | Noël Vantyghem | Christian Callens | Jean-Marie Sohier |
| 1970 | Herman Vanspringel | Georges Vanconingsloo | Etienne Sonck |
| 1971 | Roger De Vlaeminck | Jean-Pierre Monseré | Alain Santy |
| 1972 | Joseph Abelshausen | Dirk Baert | Fernand Hermie |
| 1973 | Roger De Vlaeminck | Gustaaf Hermans | Victor Van Schil |
| 1974 | Bernard Draux | Eddy Verstraeten | Roger Rosiers |
| 1975 | Richard Bukacki | José Vanackere | Eddy Van Hoof |
| 1976 | Jean-Luc Vandenbroucke | Ronan De Meyer | José Vanackere |
| 1977 | Adrianus Schipper | Eddy Vanhaerens | Marcel Tinazzi |
| 1978 | Dirk Wayenbergh | Gery Verlinden | Frank Hoste |
| 1979 | Willem Peeters | Jean-Luc Vandenbroucke | Carlos Cuyle |
| 1980 | Patrick Sercu | Dirk Gilbert | Charles Jochums |
| 1981 | Benny Van Brabant | Danny Ameloot | Hubert Pronk |
| 1982 | Alain Van Hoornweder | Luc Colijn | Gérard Blockx |
References
- ^ "Circuit du Sud-Ouest (Bel) - Ex". Memoire-du-cyclisme.eu (in French). Retrieved 31 December 2021.
- ^ "Omloop van het Zuidwesten". procyclingstats.com (in French). 2022.
- ^ "Circuit Flandres Sud-Ouest". FirstCycling.com. 2022.