Omloop van het Zuidwesten explained

Omloop van het Zuidwesten
Date:March, July
Region:Flanders, Belgium
English:Circuit of the South-West
Localnames:Omloop van Zuid-West Vlaanderen, Circuit du Sud-Ouest
Discipline:Road
Type:One-day race
Number:20
Last:1982
Mostwins: (2 wins)
Competition:Cat. 1.2

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

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]

Winners

YearWinnerSecondThird
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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Circuit du Sud-Ouest (Bel) - Ex. . 31 December 2021 . Memoire-du-cyclisme.eu . fr.
  2. Web site: 2022 . Omloop van het Zuidwesten . procyclingstats.com . fr.
  3. Web site: 2022 . Circuit Flandres Sud-Ouest . FirstCycling.com . en.