Winners of both Ronde van Vlaanderen and Paris-Roubaix in the same year: Henri Suter 1923 Romain Gijssels 1932 Gaston Rebry 1934 Raymond Impanis 1954 Fred… Read More »Double winners of Ronde van Vlaanderen and Paris-Roubaix
The first edition (originally called Omloop van Vlaanderen) was held on 25 March 1945. It was only a few weeks after Belgium was liberated by… Read More »9 fun facts of Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
List of Omloop Het Nieuwsblad winners 1945-20231945 Jean Bogaerts (Alcyon–Dunlop)1946 André Pieters (Alcyon–Dunlop)1947 Albert Sercu (Bertin–Wolber)1948 Sylvain Grysolle (Zircon)1949 André Declerck (Bertin–Wolber)1950 André Declerck (Bertin–Wolber)1951… Read More »Omloop Het Nieuwsblad winners
Of course, they weren’t called “monuments” those days, but here are some interesting stuff about the winners of the first editions of the five most… Read More »The first monument winners
Eddy Merckx leads the list of cyclists with the most Milano-Sanremo victories with seven occasions. Fun fact: at the time of Merckx’s big triumphs Cipressa… Read More »Most Milano-Sanremo victories
2000 Andrei Tchmil (Lotto–Adecco) 2001 Gianluca Bortolami (Tacconi Sport–Vini Caldirola) 2002 Andrea Tafi (Mapei–Quick-Step) 2003 Peter van Petegem (Lotto–Domo) 2004 Steffen Wesemann (T-Mobile Team) 2005… Read More »Ronde van Vlaanderen winners since 2000
The first Ronde van Vlaanderen (1913) was the longest edition of the race: it was 324 km long [su_box title=”More Ronde van Vlaanderen related content”][su_posts… Read More »The longest Ronde van Vlaanderen
Eddy Merckx attended Ronde van Vlaanderen (Tour of Flanders) every year between 1967 and 1976. As debutant he finished 3rd. Eddy Merckx won Ronde van… Read More »Eddy Merckx’s results at Ronde van Vlaanderen