FACTS:   Day-Race / 1906 - 2002 / April - Oktober / Cat. 1.1 / no Event: 1915-1918, 1940-1945, 1967-1972

Year

First

Second

Third

Km  /  Time

2002

Robbie McEwen (AUS)

Olaf Pollack (GER)

Jans Koerts (NED)

266,0 km  /  7:36:33

2001

Emmanuel Magnien (FRA)

Nico Eeckhout (BEL)

Romans Vainsteins (LET)

240,0 km  /  5:47:00

2000

Max Van Heeswijk (NED)

Frank Hoj (DEN)

Ludovic Capellle (BEL)

249,6 km  /  5:35:36

1999

Romans Vainsteins (LET)

Beat Zberg (SUI)

Fabio Baldato (ITA)

260,4 km  /  5:59:00

1998

Stefano Zanini (ITA)

Mirco Celestino (ITA)

Michele Bartoli (ITA)

252,0 km  /  5:48:00

PAST WINNERS:

1906 A. Dunlop (FRA), 1907 Gustave Garrigou (FRA), 1908 Lucien Petit-Breton (FRA), 1909 Francois Faber (LUX), 1910 Maurice Brocco (FRA), 1911 Octave Lapize (FRA), 1912 (2) Octave Lapize (FRA), 1913 (3) Octave Lapize (FRA), 1914 Louis Mottiat (BEL), 1919 Alexis Michiels (BEL), 1920 Henri Pelissier (FRA), 1921 Robert Raboul (FRA), 1922 Felix Sellier (BEL), 1923 (2) Felix Sellier (BEL), 1924 (3) Felix Sellier (BEL), 1925 Gérard Debaets (BEL), 1926 Denis Verschueren (BEL), 1927 Nicolas Frantz (LUX), 1928 Georges Ronsse (BEL), 929 Pe Verhaegen (BEL), 1930 Ernest Mottard (BEL), 1931 Jean Aerts (BEL), 1932 Julien Vervaecke (BEL), 1933 Albert Barthelemy (FRA), 1934 Frans Bonduel (BEL), 1935 Edgard De Caluwe (BEL), 1936 Eloi Meulenberg (BEL), 1937 Albert Beckaert (BEL), 1938 Marcel Kint (BEL), 1939 (2) Frans Bonduel (BEL), 1946 Alberic Schotte (BEL), 1947 Ernest Sterckx (BEL), 1948 Lode Poels (BEL), 1949 Maurice Diot (FRA), 1950 Rik Van Steenbergen (BEL), 1951 Jean Gueguen (FRA), 1952 (2) Alberic Schotte (BEL), 1953 Loretto Petrucci (ITA), 1954 Marcel Hendrickx (BEL), 1955 (2) Marcel Hendrickx (BEL), 1956 Rik Van Looy (BEL), 1957 Léon Van Daele (BEL), 1958 (2) Rik Van Looy (BEL), 1959 Frans Schoubben (BEL), 1960 Pierre Everaert (BEL), 1961 Pino Cerami (BEL), 1962 Joseph Wouters (BEL), 1963 Jean Stablinski (FRA), 1964 Georges Van Coningsloo (BEL), 1965 Edward Sels (BEL), 1966 Felice Gimondi (ITA), 1973 Eddy Merckx (BEL), 1974 Marc Demeyer (BEL), 1975 Freddy Maertens (BEL), 1976 (2) Felice Gimondi (ITA), 1977 Ludo Peeters (BEL), 1978 Jan Raas (NED), 1979 (2) Ludo Peeters (BEL), 1980 Pierino Gavazzi (ITA), 1981 Roger De Vlaeminck (BEL), 1982 Jacques Hanegraaf (NED), 1983 Tommy Priem (SWE), 1984 Eric Vanderaerden (BEL), 1985 Adri Van der Poel (NED), 1986 Guido Bontempi (ITA), 1987 Wim Arras (BEL), 1988 Rolf Gölz (GER), 1989 Jelle Nijdam (NED), 1990 Franco Ballerini (ITA), 1991 Brian Holm (DK), 1992 Rolf Sörensen (DK), 1993 Francis Moreau (FRA), 1994 Rolf Sörensen (DEN), 1995 Frank Vandenbroucke (BEL), 1996 Andrea Tafi (ITA), 1997 Alessandro Bertolini (ITA)

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