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 De Bruyne 1957 Rik Van Looy 1962 Roger De Vlaeminck 1977 Peter van Petegem 2003 Tom Boonen 2005 Fabian Cancellara 2010 Tom Boonen Belgium 2012 Fabian Cancellara 2013 Mathieu van der Poel 2024 IF YOU LIKE PELOTONTALES BLOG, PLEASE SUPPORT IT WITH A SMALL DONATION VIA PAYPAL THANK YOU!
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 important one-day races. Léon Houa, Liége -Bastogne-Liége (1892) Belgian cyclist Léon Houa (1867-1918) actually won the first three editions of La Doyenne. The first two of them were amateur events. Considering the first Bordeaux-Paris (1891) as important milestone in the history of road cycling races, it’s quite remarkable, how early the organizers of Liége-Bastogne-Liége (Spa-Bastogne-Spa, according to their original plans) had the idea to create a road cycling race. It’s also remarkable, that Liége-Bastogne-Liége is still on. (Several popular races from the end of the 19th century did not survive… 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 was not introduced to the race yet . (It happened only in 1982.) Eddy Merckx (BEL) 1966, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1975, 1976 Costante Girardengo (ITA) 1918, 1921, 1923, 1925, 1926, 1928 Gino Bartali (ITA) 1939, 1940, 1947, 1950 Erik Zabel (GER) 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001 Fausto Coppi (ITA) 1946, 1948, 1949 Roger De Vlaeminck (BEL) 1973, 1978, 1979 Óscar Freire (ESP) 2004, 2007, 2010
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 Tom Boonen (Quick-Step–Innergetic) 2006 Tom Boonen (Quick-Step–Innergetic) 2007 Italy Alessandro Ballan (Lampre–Fondital) 2008 Stijn Devolder (Quick-Step) 2009 Stijn Devolder (Quick-Step) 2010 Fabian Cancellara (Team Saxo Bank) 2011 Nick Nuyens (Saxo Bank–SunGard) 2012 Tom Boonen (Omega Pharma–Quick-Step) 2013 Fabian Cancellara (RadioShack–Leopard) 2014 Fabian Cancellara (Trek Factory Racing) 2015 Alexander Kristoff (Team Katusha) 2016 Peter Sagan (Tinkoff) 2017 Philippe Gilbert (Quick-Step Floors) 2018 Niki Terpstra (Quick-Step Floors) 2019 Alberto Bettiol (EF Education First) 2020 Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin–Fenix) 2021 Kasper Asgreen (Deceuninck–Quick-Step [su_box title=”More Ronde van Vlaanderen (Tour of Flanders) on… 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 posts_per_page=”3″ tax_term=”334″ order=”desc” orderby=”rand”] [/su_box] [su_box title=”More cycling fun facts “][su_posts posts_per_page=”3″ tax_term=”425″ order=”desc” orderby=”rand”] [/su_box]
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 Vlaanderen twice (1969 and 1975) 1967 3rd place (winner: Dino Zandegù) 1968 8th place (winner: Walter Godefroot) 1969 1st place 1970 3rd place (winner: Eric Leman) 1971 76th place (winner: Evert Dolman) 1972 7th place (winner: Eric Leman) 1973 3rd place (winner:Eric Leman) 1974 3rd place (winner: Cees Bal) – Merckx finished 4th, but the original 3rd-placed rider Walter Godefroot was disqualified 1975 1st place 1976 17th place (winner: Walter Planckaert) [su_box title=”More Ronde van Vlaanderen (Tour of Flanders) on PelotonTales”] [su_posts posts_per_page=”3″ tax_term=”334″ order=”desc” orderby=”rand”][/su_box] [su_box title=”More cycling fun… Read More »Eddy Merckx’s results at Ronde van Vlaanderen