Omloop van het Zuidwesten

The Omloop van het Zuidwesten was a Belgian cycling race organized for the last time in 1982.^[1]

Omloop van het Zuidwesten

Race details
Date	March, July
Region	Flanders, Belgium
English name	Circuit of the South-West
Local name(s)	Omloop van Zuid-West Vlaanderen (in Dutch), Circuit du Sud-Ouest (in French)
Discipline	Road
Competition	Cat. 1.2
Type	One-day race
History
First edition	1963 (1963)
Editions	20
Final edition	1982
First winner	Marcel Ongenae (BEL)
Most wins	Roger De Vlaeminck (BEL) (2 wins)
Final winner	Alain Van Hoornweder (BEL)

The course was around 185 kilometres (115 mi), with Hulste as both start and finish place.^[2]

The competition's roll of honor includes the successes of Roger De Vlaeminck, Walter Godefroot and Patrick Sercu.^[3]

UCI World Champion Jean-Pierre Monseré (left) in the Omloop van het Zuidwesten 1971

Winners

Year	Winner	Second	Third
1963	Marcel Ongenae	Henri De Wolf	Willy Raes
1964	Gustaaf Van Vaerenbergh	Walter Boucquet	Robert Seneca
1965	Walter Godefroot	Willy Bocklant	Hubert Criel
1966	Léopold Vanden Neste	Ludo Van Dromme	Jaak De Boever
1967	Emiel Coppens	Bruno Janssens	Jérôme Kegels
1968	Daniel Van Ryckeghem	Willy Vanneste	André Hendryckx
1969	Noël Vantyghem	Christian Callens	Jean-Marie Sohier
1970	Herman Vanspringel	Georges Vanconingsloo	Etienne Sonck
1971	Roger De Vlaeminck	Jean-Pierre Monseré	Alain Santy
1972	Joseph Abelshausen	Dirk Baert	Fernand Hermie
1973	Roger De Vlaeminck	Gustaaf Hermans	Victor Van Schil
1974	Bernard Draux	Eddy Verstraeten	Roger Rosiers
1975	Richard Bukacki	José Vanackere	Eddy Van Hoof
1976	Jean-Luc Vandenbroucke	Ronan De Meyer	José Vanackere
1977	Adrianus Schipper	Eddy Vanhaerens	Marcel Tinazzi
1978	Dirk Wayenbergh	Gery Verlinden	Frank Hoste
1979	Willem Peeters	Jean-Luc Vandenbroucke	Carlos Cuyle
1980	Patrick Sercu	Dirk Gilbert	Charles Jochums
1981	Benny Van Brabant	Danny Ameloot	Hubert Pronk
1982	Alain Van Hoornweder	Luc Colijn	Gérard Blockx