GP Roeselare

The GP Roeselare (officially Grote Prijs van de Bank van Roeselare en West-Vlaanderen) was a post WW II-men's cycling race organized for the last time in 1976. The start and finish place was Roeselare (West Flanders, Belgium).^[1]

GP Roeselare

Race details
Date	May, June
Region	Flanders, Belgium
English name	GP Roeselare
Local name(s)	Bankprijs (Dutch)
Discipline	Road
Type	One-day
History
First edition	1947 (1947)
Editions	24
Final edition	1976
First winner	Achiel Buysse (BEL)
Most wins	René Mertens (BEL)  Frans Melckenbeeck (BEL)  Freddy Maertens (BEL) (2 wins)
Final winner	Marc De Meyer (BEL)

The competition's roll of honor includes the successes of Rik Van Looy, Patrick Sercu and Freddy Maertens.^[2]

Winners

Year	Winner	Second	Third
1947	Achiel Buysse	Julien Heernaert	Edward Peeters
1948–1951	No race
1952	Emmanuel Thoma	Omer Braekevelt	Roger Desmet
1953	René Mertens	Herni Denys	Julien Pascal
1954	René Mertens	Joseph Theuns	Florent Rondelé
1955	Joseph De Feyter	René Mertens	Lucien Demunster
1956	Jean Branckart	Jan Delin	Wout Wagtmans
1957	Rik Van Looy	Jean Adriaenssens	Noël Foré
1958	Robert Depauw	Briek Schotte	Julien Schepens
1959	Roger Baens	Rik Luyten	Léopold Rosseel
1960	Julien Schepens	Albert Van Eeckhout	Willy Truye
1961	Noël Foré	Yvo Molenaers	Louis Proost
1962	Frans Aerenhouts	Armand Desmet	Marcel Seynaeve
1963	Frans Melckenbeeck	Noël Foré	Gilbert Desmet
1964	Frans Melckenbeeck	Arthur Decabooter	Benoni Beheyt
1965	Gustaaf De Smet	Constant Jongen	Kamiel Vyncke
1966	Edouard Sels	Gustaaf De Smet	Palle Lykke Jensen
1967	No race
1968	Walter Boucquet	Raymond Steegmans	Gustaaf De Smet
1969	Eric Leman	Erik De Vlaeminck	Barry Hoban
1970	André Dierickx	Jean-Pierre Monseré	Roger De Vlaeminck
1971	Patrick Sercu	Noël Van Clooster	Willy Planckaert
1972	No race
1973	Freddy Maertens	Walter Planckaert	Théo Van Der Leeuw
1974	Albert Van Vlierberghe	Walter Planckaert	Frans Verbeeck
1975	Freddy Maertens	Frans Verbeeck	Marc Demeyer
1976	Marc Demeyer	Pol Verschuere	Walter Planckaert