Schelde–Dender–Leie

Schelde-Dender-Leie was a Belgian post-WW II cycling race organized for the last time in 1965.^[1]

Schelde-Dender-Leie

Race details
Date	May, June
Region	Flanders, Belgium
English name	Scheldt-Lys-Dender
Local name(s)	Schelde-Dender-Leie (in Dutch)
Discipline	Road
Competition	Cat. 1.2
Type	One-day race
History
First edition	1947 (1947)
Editions	19
Final edition	1965
First winner	Désiré Keteleer (BEL)
Most wins	Henri Van Kerckhove (BEL) (2 wins)
Final winner	Léopold Van Den Neste (BEL)

Aalst was both start and finish place.^[2] The course, variating between 165 and 252 km, was situated in the valleys of the rivers Scheldt, Dender and Lys.^[3]

Winners

Year	Winner	Second	Third
1947	Désiré Keteleer	Gustaaf Van Overloop	Lucien Mathys
1948	August Van Gaever	Achiel Buysse	Lucien Mathys
1949	Georges Desplenter	Emile Rogiers	Eugeen Van Roosbroeck
1950	Maurice Van Herzele	Marcel Boumon	Jules Depooter
1951	Roger Decorte	Lucien Mathys	Robert Vanderstockt
1952	Marcel Ryckaert	Marcel Boumon	Liévin Lerno
1953	Henri Van Kerckhove	Jean Vandervelde	Aloïs Van Steenkiste
1954	Henri Van Kerckhove	Alfred De Bruyne	Omer Braeckevelt
1955	Marcel Janssens	Jan Adriaensens	Calixte Van Steenbrugge
1956	Jozef Schils	Jan Zagers	Henri Van Kerckhove
1957	Jaak De Boever	Henri Van Kerckhove	Armand Desmet
1958	Maurice Meuleman	Roger Devoldere	André Auquier
1959	Piet van den Brekel	Jan Van Gompel	Norbert Kerckhove
1960	Arthur Decabooter	Jozef Schils	Camille Buysse
1961	Gustaaf Van Vaerenbergh	Joseph Planckaert	Frans Aerenhouts
1962	Frans Melckenbeeck	Rik Van Looy	Jozef Schils
1963	Léon Gevaert	Frans Melckenbeeck	André Noyelle
1964	Théo Mertens	Frans Melckenbeeck	Georges Vandenberghe
1965	Léopold Van Den Neste	Eddy Merckx	Sylvain Henckaerts