Tour of Belgium

Tour of Belgium

Race details
Date	Late-May
Region	Belgium
English name	Tour of Belgium
Local name(s)	Ronde van België (Dutch) Tour de Belgique (French)
Discipline	Road
Competition	UCI Europe Tour
Type	Stage race
History
First edition	1908 (1908)
Editions	81 (as of 2011)
First winner	Lucien Petit-Breton (FRA)
Most wins	9 riders (2x)
Most recent	Philippe Gilbert (BEL)

The Tour of Belgium (Ronde van België/Tour de Belgique) is a four-day bicycle race which is held annually in Belgium.

It was held annually between 1908 and 1981, except during both world wars. Between 1982 and 1990 several of races were not organised and none at all during the decade 1991 to 2001. From 2002 onwards the race has again become an annual fixture on the cycling calendar.

Following the start of the UCI ProTour in 2005 it looked like the race would merge with the Eneco Tour of Benelux; however this has not happened and it is now one of the UCI Europe Tour competition.

Winners of the Tour of Belgium

No rider has managed to win the Tour of Belgium more than two times. Of the nine riders who managed to win it twice, only two have achieved consecutive wins.

Name	Country	Wins	Years
Louis Mottiat	Belgium	2	1914,1920
Emile Masson	Belgium	2	1919,1923
René Vermandel	Belgium	2	1921,1922
Henri Van Kerckhove	Belgium	2	1952,1954
Noël Foré	Belgium	2	1958,1962
Eddy Merckx	Belgium	2	1970,1971
Roger Swerts	Belgium	2	1972,1974
Frans Maassen	Netherlands	2	1988,1990
Stijn Devolder	Belgium	2	2008,2010

Complete list of winners

		Rider	Team
1908	FRA !	Petit-Breton, LucienLucien Petit-Breton (FRA)	Peugeot-Wolber
1909	FRA !	Duboc, PaulPaul Duboc (FRA)	Alcyon-Dunlop
1910	BEL !	Masselis, JulesJules Masselis (BEL)	Alcyon-Dunlop
1911	BEL !	Vandenberghe, ReneRené Vandenberghe (BEL)	Alcyon-Dunlop
1912	BEL !	Defraeye, OdielOdiel Defraeye (BEL)	Alcyon-Dunlop
1913	BEL !	Gauthy, DieudonneDieudonné Gauthy (BEL)	Alcyon
1914	BEL !	Mottiat, LouisLouis Mottiat (BEL)	Alcyon-Soly
1915–1918	~ !No race
1919	BEL !	Masson, EmileEmile Masson (BEL)
1920	BEL !	Mottiat, LouisLouis Mottiat (BEL)
1921	BEL !	Vermandel, ReneRené Vermandel (BEL)	individual
1922	BEL !	Vermandel, ReneRené Vermandel (BEL)	Alcyon-Dunlop
1923	BEL !	Masson, EmileEmile Masson (BEL)	Alcyon-Dunlop
1924	BEL !	Sellier, FelixFélix Sellier (BEL)	Alcyon-Dunlop
1925	BEL !	Verschueren, DenisDenis Verschueren (BEL)	Wonder
1926	BEL !	Debusschere, JeanJean Debusschere (BEL)	Alcyon-Dunlop
1927	BEL !	Matton, PaulPaul Matton (BEL)	Armor-Dunlop
1928	BEL !	Vanhevel, JulesJules Vanhevel (BEL)	individual
1929	BEL !	Van Bruane, ArmandArmand Van Bruane (BEL)	La Nordiste
1930	BEL !	Joly, EmileEmile Joly (BEL)	Génial Lucifer
1931	BEL !	De Waele, MauriceMaurice De Waele (BEL)	M. Dewaele
1932	BEL !	Louyet, LeonLéon Louyet (BEL)	Génial Lucifer-Hutchinson
1933	BEL !	Aerts, JeanJean Aerts (BEL)	Alcyon-Dunlop
1934	BEL !	Gardier, FrancoisFrançois Gardier (BEL)	Depas Cycles
1935	BEL !	Moerenhout, JefJef Moerenhout (BEL)	Dilecta-Wolber
1936	BEL !	Decroix, EmileEmile Decroix (BEL)	Wolber
1937	BEL !	Braeckeveldt, AdolfAdolf Braeckeveldt (BEL)	Helyett-Splendor
1938	BEL !	Neuville, FrancoisFrançois Neuville (BEL)	Helyett-Hutchinson
1939	BEL !	Somers, JosephJoseph Somers (BEL)	Helyett-Hutchinson
1940–1944	~ !No race
1945	BEL !	Callens, NorbertNorbert Callens (BEL)	Mercier-Hutchinson
1946	BEL !	Ramon, AlbertAlbert Ramon (BEL)	Cilo
1947	BEL !	Van Herzele, MauriceMaurice Van Herzele (BEL)	Groene Leeuw
1948	BEL !	Ockers, StanStan Ockers (BEL)	Garin-Wolber
1949	BEL !	Sterckx, ErnestErnest Sterckx (BEL)
1950	BEL !	Dubiusson, AlbertAlbert Dubiusson (BEL)
1951	BEL !	Matthijs, LucienLucien Matthijs (BEL)
1952	BEL !	Van Kerckhove, HenriHenri Van Kerckhove (BEL)
1953	BEL !	Rondele, FlorentFlorent Rondele (BEL)
1954	BEL !	Van Kerckhove, HenriHenri Van Kerckhove (BEL)
1955	BEL !	Close, AlexAlex Close (BEL)
1956	BEL !	Vlaeyen, ANdreAndré Vlaeyen (BEL)
1957	BEL !	Cerami, PinoPino Cerami (BEL)
1958	BEL !	Fore, NoelNoël Foré (BEL)	Groene Leeuw-Leopold
1959	BEL !	Desmet, ArmandArmand Desmet (BEL)	Groene Leeuw-Sinalco
1960	BEL !	Sweeck, AlfonsAlfons Sweeck (BEL)	Groene Leeuw-Sinalco
1961	BEL !	Van Looy, RikRik van Looy (BEL)	Faema
1962	BEL !	Fore, NoelNoël Foré (BEL)	Flandria-Faema-Clément
1963	NED !	Post, PeterPeter Post (NED)	Dr. Mann-Labo
1964	BEL !	Beheyt, BenoniBenoni Beheyt (BEL)	Wiel's-Groene Leeuw
1965	FRA !	Stablinski, JeanJean Stablinski (FRA)	Ford France-Gitane
1966	ITA !	Adorni, VittorioVittorio Adorni (ITA)	Salvarani
1967	ITA !	Preziosi, CarmineCarmine Preziosi (ITA)	Molteni
1968	BEL !	David, WilfriedWilfried David (BEL)	Flandria-De Clerck
1969	BEL !	De Vlaeminck, EricEric De Vlaeminck (BEL)	Flandria-De Clerck-Krüger
1970	BEL !	Merckx, EddyEddy Merckx (BEL)	Faemino-Faema
1971	BEL !	Merckx, EddyEddy Merckx (BEL)	Molteni
1972	BEL !	Swerts, RogerRoger Swerts (BEL)	Molteni
1973	DEN !	Mortensen, LeifLeif Mortensen (DEN)	Bic
1974	BEL !	Swerts, RogerRoger Swerts (BEL)	IJsboerke-Colner
1975	BEL !	Maertens, FreddyFreddy Maertens (BEL)	Flandria-Carpenter
1976	BEL !	Pollentier, MichelMichel Pollentier (BEL)	Flandria-Velda
1977	BEL !	Planckaert, WalterWalter Planckaert (BEL)	Maes-Mini Flat
1978	BEL !	Dierickx, AndreAndré Dierickx (BEL)	IJsboerke-Gios
1979	BEL !	Willems, DanielDaniel Willems (BEL)	IJsboerke-Warncke
1980	NED !	Knetemann, GerrieGerrie Knetemann (NED)	TI-Raleigh
1981	NED !	Wijnands, AdAd Wijnands (NED)	TI-Raleigh
1982–1983	~ !No race
1984	BEL !	Planckaert, EddyEddy Planckaert (BEL)	Panasonic
1985	BEL !	Peeters, LudoLudo Peeters (BEL)	Kwantum-Decosol-Yoko
1986	BEL !	Emonds, NicoNico Emonds (BEL)	Kwantum-Decosol-Yoko
1987	~ !No race
1988	NED !	Maassen, FransFrans Maassen (NED)	Superconfex-Yoko-Opel-Colnago
1989	GBR !	Yates, SeanSean Yates (GBR)	7 Eleven
1990	NED !	Maassen, FransFrans Maassen (NED)	Buckler-Colnago-Decca
1991–2001	~ !No race
2002	NED !	Voskamp, BartBart Voskamp (NED)	BankGiroLoterij-Batavus
2003	AUS !	Rogers, MichaelMichael Rogers (AUS)	Quick Step-Davitamon
2004	FRA !	Chavanel, SylvainSylvain Chavanel (FRA)	Brioches La Boulangère
2005	BEL !	Boonen, TomTom Boonen (BEL)	Quick Step-Innergetic
2006	NED !	Tjallingii, MaartenMaarten Tjallingii (NED)	Skil-Shimano
2007	RUS !	Gusev, VladimirVladimir Gusev (RUS)	Discovery Channel
2008	BEL !	Devolder, StijnStijn Devolder (BEL)	Quick Step
2009	NED !	Boom, LarsLars Boom (NED)	Rabobank
2010	BEL !	Devolder, StijnStijn Devolder (BEL)	Quick Step
2011	BEL !	Gilbert, PhilippePhilippe Gilbert (BEL)	Omega Pharma-Lotto

Winners by nation

Rank	Country	Most times winner	Most Recent Winner	Wins
1	Belgium	Louis Mottiat, Emile Masson, René Vermandel, Henri Van Kerckhove, Noël Foré, Eddy Merckx, Roger Swerts and Stijn Devolder (2 each)	Philippe Gilbert 2011	63
2	Netherlands	Frans Maassen (2)	Lars Boom 2009	8
3	France	Lucien Petit-Breton, Paul Duboc, Jean Stablinski and Sylvain Chavanel (1 each)	Sylvain Chavanel 2004	4
4	Italy	Carmine Preziosi and Vittorio Adorni (1 each)	Carmine Preziosi 1967	2
5	Australia	Michael Rogers (1)	Michael Rogers 2003	1
	Denmark	Leif Mortensen (1)	Leif Mortensen 1973	1
	United Kingdom	Sean Yates (1)	Sean Yates 1989	1
	Russia	Vladimir Gusev (1)	Vladimir Gusev 2007	1

External links

• Tour of Belgium full results 2008