Race details | |
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Date | May, July, August |
Region | Flanders, Belgium |
English name | Tour of Brabant |
Local name(s) | Ronde van Brabant (Dutch), Tour du Brabant (French) |
Discipline | Road |
Type | One-day |
History | |
First edition | 1952 |
Editions | 15 |
Final edition | 1971 |
First winner | Jozef De Feyter (BEL) |
Most wins | Jozef Wouters (BEL) (2 wins) |
Final winner | François Maes (BEL) |
The Ronde van Brabant was a men's cycling race organized for the last time in 1971. The race was run in Lubbeek in the Belgian Province of Brabant. [1]
The competition's roll of honor includes the success of Rik Van Looy. [2]
Year | Winner | Second | Third |
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1952 | Jozef De Feyter | Frans Loyaerts | Lode Elaerts |
1953 | Ernest Sterckx | Henri Jochums | Désiré Keteleer |
1954 | Jan De Valk | Joseph Plas | Jan Storms |
1955 | Henri Van Kerckhove | Karel Borgmans | René Mertens |
1956 | Jan Adriaensens | Pino Cerami | Jozef Theunis |
1957 | No race | ||
1958 | Roger Decorte | Jean Van Gompel | Eddy De Waal |
1959 | Roger Baens | Désiré Keteleer | Raymond Vrancken |
1960 | Rik Van Looy | Emile Daems | Roger Baens |
1961 | Jozef Wouters | Jan Van Gompel | Henri Schaerlaeckers |
1962 | Jozef Wouters | Constant De Keyser | Arthur Decabooter |
1963 | Roger De Coninck | Guillaume Demaer | René Van Meenen |
1964 | Edgar Sorgeloos | Rik Van Looy | Joseph Corstjens |
1965 | Joseph Haeseldonckx | Richard Everaerts | Théo Nys |
1966 | Frans Aerenhouts | Raymond Vrancken | Roger Cooreman |
1967-1970 | No race | ||
1971 | François Maes | Paul Aerts | Julien Van Lint |
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