Omloop van het Houtland

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Omloop van het Houtland

Race details
Date	Late September
Region	West Flanders, Belgium
Local name(s)	Omloop van het Houtland (Dutch)
Discipline	Road race
Competition	UCI Europe Tour
Type	Single-day
History
First edition	1945
Editions	63 (as of 2007)
First winner	André Maelbrancke
Most recent	Steven de Jongh

Omloop van het Houtland is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in Lichtervelde in the region of West Flanders, Belgium. Since 2007, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour.

In 2002 it was held as the first stage of Circuit Franco-Belge.^[1]

[edit] Winners

Rider Team 1945 André Maelbrancke 1946 Roger De Corte 1947 Adolf Verscheuren 1948 Albert Anutchin 1949 André Pieters 1950 André Maelbrancke 1951 André Maelbrancke 1952 Valère Ollivier 1953 Arthur Nommerency 1954 Lucien Victor 1955 Roger Decorte 1956 Leon Van Daele 1957 Gilbert Desmet 1958 Gilbert Desmet 1959 Arthur De Cabooter 1960 Mies Stolker 1961 Roland Aper 1962 Norbert Kerckhove 1963 Robert Vandecaveye 1964 Arthur De Cabooter 1965 Gilbert Desmet 1966 Walter Boucquet 1967 Jan Boonen 1968 Walter Boucquet 1969 Noël Van Clooster 1970 Roger de Vlaeminck 1971 André Dierickx 1972 Patrick Sercu 1973 Marc Lievens 1974 Willy Planckaert 1975 Eddy Cael 1976 Lieven Malfait

Rider Team 1977 Marc Demeyer 1978 Herman Van Springel 1979 Alain De Roo 1980 Walter Planckaert 1981 Rudy Pevenage 1982 Eddy Vanhaerens 1983 Ronny Vanmarcke 1984 Ludo Frijns 1985 Yvan Lamote 1986 Willem Wijnant 1987 Hendrik Redant 1988 Danny Janssens 1989 Jan Bogaert 1990 Johan Museeuw 1991 Didier Priem 1992 Johan Devos 1993 Danny Daelman 1994 Etienne Dewilde 1995 Jans Koerts 1996 Johan Capiot 1997 Robbie Vandaele 1998 Etienne Dewilde 1999 Etienne Dewilde 2000 Nico Eeckhout 2001 Geert Omloop 2002 Kevin Hulsmans 2003 Geert Omloop 2004 Bert Dewaele 2005 Kevin Van Impe 2006 Artur Gajek 2007 Steven de Jongh

[edit] External links

• Official Website (Dutch)

[edit] References