Ronde van Oost-Vlaanderen

Belgian cycling race

Ronde van Oost-VlaanderenRace details

Date| May, June
Region| Flanders, Belgium
English name| Tour of East Flanders
Local name(s)| Ronde van Oost-Vlaanderen (in Dutch), Tour de la Flandre Orientale (in French)
Discipline| Road
Type| One-day race
History
First edition| 1960 (1960)
Editions| 14
Final edition| 1973
First winner|  Emiel Verheyden (BEL)
Most wins|

* Gilbert Desmet (BEL)

(2 wins)
Final winner|  Eddy Merckx (BEL)

The Ronde van Oost-Vlaanderen was a Belgian cycling race organized for the last time in 1973.[1]

The course, in the province of East Flanders, was around 200 km. Evergem was both start and finish place.[2]

The competition's roll of honor includes the successes of Benoni Beheyt and Eddy Merckx.

## Winners

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Year  | Winner  | Second  | Third

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1960  |  Emiel Verheyden |  Oswald Declercq |  Jozef Schils
1961  |  Willy Vanden Berghen |  Clément Roman |  Norbert Kerckhove
1962  |  Georges Decraeye |  José Denoyette |  Henri De Wolf
1963  |  René Van Meenen |  Jaak De Boever |  Edmond Coppens
1964  |  Benoni Beheyt |  René Van Meenen |  Norbert Coreelman
1965  |  August Verhaegen |  Guido Reybrouck |  Jozef Huysmans
1966  |  Gilbert Desmet |  Yvan Verbist |  Gustaaf Desmet
1967  |  Georges Vandenberghe |  Jaak De Boever |  Frans Aerenhouts
1968  |  Gilbert Desmet |  Gustaaf Desmet |  Luc Leman
1969  |  Frans Verbeeck |  Yvan Verbist |  Jozef Moons
1970  |  Frans Mintjens |  Georges Vandenberghe |  Eddy Merckx
1971  |  Joseph Bruyere |  Maurice Eyers |  Julien Stevens
1972  |  Willy Vanneste |  Gilbert Wuytack |  Willy Planckaert
1973  |  Eddy Merckx |  Richard Bukacki |  Alfons De Bal

## References

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1. ^ "Tour de la Flandre orientale / Evergem (Bel) - Ex". Memoire-du-cyclisme.eu (in French). Retrieved 31 December 2021.
2. ^ "1er Tour de la Flandre Orientale à Evergem 1960". Mémoire du Cyclisme.

*[BEL]: Belgium