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 … Read more
During the first half century in the history of Ronde van Vlaanderen (Tour of Flanders) the race wasn’t meant for British cyclists. Before 1961 non of them finished the race. Then came the 45th edition and Tom Simpson, already a well-known name in the world of road cycling, but a debutant in the universe of … Read more
Three-time Tour de France winner (1953, 1954, 1955) and French cycling legend Louison Bobet was a succesful rider also in the world of one-day races. In fact, he won four of the five monuments (Milano-Sanremo and Giro di Lombardia in 1951, Ronde van Vlaanderen in 1955 and Paris-Roubaix in 1956). The 39th Ronde van Vlaanderen … Read more
In 1987, Skibby rode solo at the head of the race, when he reached Koppenberg. He had an advantage of two minutes, but climbing the hill he became slower and slower and the peloton came closer. The car of the race commissaire followed Skibby so close, that when they wanted to move away, the car … Read more
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 … Read more
The 70th Ronde van Vlaanderen was held on the 6th April 1986. After the Koppenberg, a 10-man breakaway group formed. With 30 km to go, Eddy Planckaert and Steve Bauer rode away from this group. On the Muur Kappelmuur (Muur van Geraardsbergen) Planckaert dropped, menawhile Sean Kelly, Jean-Philippe Vandenbranden and Adrie van der Poel joined … Read more
Paul Deman was the first winner of the Ronde van Vlaanderen (1913). During the WW1 he was working as a courier for underground resistance movements and carrying messages around Belgium and also in the Netherlands. In November 1918 he had already 14 successful missions, but unfortunately on the 15th, he was stopped by the Germans. … Read more
The first Ronde van Vlaanderen (1913) was the longest edition of the race: it was 324 km long
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: … Read more
