Omloop van Midden-Vlaanderen

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]

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 (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 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

1. "Circuit de Flandre centrale (Bel) – Ex". Memoire-du-cyclisme.eu. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
2. "Omloop Midden-Vlaanderen". FirstCycling.com. 2022.