Omloop van de Vlasstreek

Omloop van de Vlasstreek was a Belgian post-WW II cycling race organized for the last time in 1994.^[1]

Omloop van de Vlasstreek

Race details
Date	September (GP Heule: Sept, May, June)
Region	Flanders, Belgium
English name	Circuit of the Flax Region
Local name(s)	Omloop van de Vlasstreek (in Dutch), Circuit de la Région Linière (in French)
Discipline	Road
Competition	Cat. 1.2
Type	One-day race
History
First edition	1945 (1945)
Editions	49
Final edition	1994
First winner	Jérôme Dofrumont (BEL)
Most wins	André Rosseel (BEL)  Marc Demeyer (BEL) (2 wins)
Final winner	Bo Hamburger (DEN)

Heule, a small village in the Kortrijk region in West-Flanders, was both start and finish place.^[2]

In the first years, it was known as the G.P of Heule.^[3]

The competition's roll of honor includes the successes of Briek Schotte and Willy Teirlinck.

Winners

Year	Winner	Second	Third
	Grand Prix Heule
1945	Jérôme Dufromont	Maurice Desimpelaere	Roger Cnockaert
1946	Roger Decorte	Adolf Verschueren	Jan Landuyt
1947	Briek Schotte	Omer Dhaenens	Marcel Rijckaert
1948	Emmanuel Thoma	René Janssens	Hilaire Couvreur
1949	Valère Ollivier	Albert Decin	Arthur Mommerency
1950	Gustave Salembier	Robert Nolf	Emmanuel Thoma
1951	Henri Van Kerckhove	Gustave Salembier	Julien Van Dycke
1952	Lucien Mathys	Emmanuel Thoma	André Pieters
1953	René Mertens	André Pieters	Léopold De Graveleyn
1954	André Rosseel	Omer Braekeveldt	Julien Pascal
1955	Gilbert Desmet	Willy Truye	Briek Schotte
1956	André Rosseel	Roger Verplaetse	Florent Rondelé
1957	Jozef Verhelst	Roger Devoldere	René Mertens
	Omloop van de Vlasstreek
1962	Robert Duveau	Karel De Laet	Romain Van Wynsberghe
1963	André Noyelle	Oswald Declercq	Bernard Van De Kerckove
1964	Norbert Kerckhove	Norbert Coreelman	André Noyelle
1965	Léon Verkndere	Lionel Van Damme	André Noyelle
1966	Frans Melckenbeeck	Georges Delvael	Roland Van De Rijse
1967	Willy Donie	Walter Godefroot	Jean Monteyne
1968	Antoon Houbrechts	Georges Smissaert	Walter Godefroot
1969	Jaak De Boever	Willy Donie	Daniel Van Ryckeghem
1970	Noël Van Tyghem	Walter Planckaert	Fernand Hermie
1971	Hubert Hutsebaut	Herman Vrijders	Daniel Van Ryckeghem
1972	Roger Rosiers	Gery Catteeuw	Julien Van Geeebergen
1973	Gery Catteeuw	Giovanni jiminez	Emile Lambrecht
1974	Marc Demeyer	Fedor Den Hertog	Ferdinand Bracke
1975	No race
1976	Lucien Zelck	André Dierickx	Giovanni jiminez
1977	Luc Leman	Walter Dalgal	Etienne Vandersnickt
1978	Roger Verschaeve	Albert Van Vlierberghe	Eddy Van Haerens
1979	Marc Demeyer	Marc Meernhout	Luc Leman
1980	Lieven Malfait	Eddy Cael	Eddy Furniere
1981	Willy De Geest	Etienne De Wilde	Marc Goossens
1982	Dirk Baert	Jan Baeyens	Marc Goossens
1983	Eddy Van Haerens	Willy Planckaert	Johan Wellens
1984	Jacques Cambier	Patrick Devos	Gino Knockaert
1985	Willy Teirlinck	Luc Wallays	Dirk Demol
1986	Bert Van Ende	Dirk Heirweg	Wilfried Peeters
1987	Jean-Marc Vandenberghe	Adrie Kools	Paul Haghedooren
1988	Johan Delathouwer	Johan Devos	Rudy Van Gheluwe
1989	Rolf Sørensen	Marnix Lameire	Peter Spaenhoven
1990	Jean-Marie Vernie	Peter Van Impe	Harry Lodge
1991	Hendrik Redant	Johan Devos	Johan Museeuw
1992	Jan Bogaert	Jean-Pierre Heynderickx	Rudy Verdonck
1993	Patrick Van Roosbroeck	Johan Devos	Paul Haghedooren
1994	Bo Hamburger	Bart Voskamp	Nigel Perry