The Omloop van de Westhoek is a one-day road cycling race held annually near Ichtegem, West Flanders, Belgium since 1955. After the death of cyclist Stive Vermaut in 2004, the official name of the race was changed to Omloop van de Westhoek-Memorial Stive Vermaut. A women's edition was held in 2018 as a UCI category 1.2 event and in 2021 as a 1.1 rated event. The men's race has not been held since 2017, and the women's has not been held since 2021.
Winners Men Year Winner Second Third 1955 Gabriel Borra Marcel Ongenae Werner Vanhaecke 1956 Roger Beke Willy Desmet Roger Soenens 1957 Marcel Seynaeve Hector Sabbe Roger Beke 1958 Albert Daenekynt Georges Van Maeckelberghe F. Rousseau No race 1961 Rom. De Gruyter Yvan Covent Léon Vergauwen 1962 Georges Vandenberghe 1963 Bernard Maertens Willy Vanheste Étienne Van Vlierberghe 1964 Guido Reybrouck Étienne Mattheus Camiel Vyncke 1965 Hubert Criel Donaat Himpe Rémi Van Vreckom 1966 Wim Dubois Herman Decan Robert Legein 1967 Jos Van Mechelen Robert Legein Gilbert Verlinde 1968 Cees Rentmeester Pol Mahieu Eddy Museeuw 1969 Roland Callewaert Daniel Verplancke M. Desmedt No race 1971 Gilbert Eeckhout Gérard Olbe Eddy Ronquetti 1972 Freddy Maertens Michel Pollentier Fons van Katwijk 1973 Bas Hordijk Mich. Dragin Lieven Malfait No race 1975 Jean-Luc Vandenbroucke Gaby Minneboo Ronny Bossant 1976 Eddy Vanhaerens Toine van den Bunder Wilfried Vyncke 1977 Toine van den Bunder Frank Hoste Bernard Huyghe 1978 Dirk Vermeersch Freddy Tanghe 1979 Johan Denijs Werner Devos Bernard Huyghe 1980 Alain Van Hoornweder Eric Borra Christian Vannieuwenhuyse 1981 Johan Denijs Hedwig Maes Patrick Vanvyaene 1982 Eric Wuytack Chris Capelle Pieter Verhaeghe 1983 Patrick Verplancke Gino Knockaert Rudy Van Gheluwe 1984 Roger Lemmens Marc Versluys 1985 Jan Mattheus Rudy De Keyzer Jos Roovers 1986 Johan Museeuw Peter Huyghe Patrick VerplanckeNo race 1988 Jan Mattheus Reginald Vandamme Walter De Veerman 1989 Reginald Vandamme Geert De Buck Stefaan Vermeersch 1990 Danny Nelissen Willy Willems Eric De Clercq 1991 Danny Daelman Tom Steels Niels Boogaard 1992 Sean Way Danny Daelman Danny Sleeckx 1993 Stefaan Vermeersch Roger Vaessen 1994 Frank Høj Stefaan Vermeersch Patrick Van Daele 1995 Danny Jonckheere Yoeri Wandels Pascal Lievens 1996 Jan Mattheus Danny Jonckheere 1997 Pascal Lievens Jan Mattheus 1998 Kurt Dewulf Nico Strynckx Sébastien Van den Abeele 1999 Mario Raes Pascal Lievens James Vanlandschoot 2000 Jurgen De Buysschere Patrick Cocquyt Steven De Champs 2001 Patrick Cocquyt Igor Abakoumov Lars Vantournhout 2002 Tim Lenaers Patrick Cocquyt Jurgen Deceuninck 2003 Nico Kuypers Steven De Schamp 2004 Nico Kuypers Mario Willems 2005 Nico Kuypers Gerdy Ververken 2006 Steven Vanden Bussche Dirk Clarysse Geert Vermoote 2007 Gerdy Ververken Jonas Reybrouck Nico Savat No race 2009 Werner Vandromme Stijn Minne 2010 Sven Jodts Kevin Maene Martijn Debaene 2011 Nielsen Raedt Dries Depoorter Thomas Ongena 2012 Jens Wallays Brian van Goethem Jo Maes 2013 Jens Wallays Jo Maes Nielsen Raedt 2014 Joeri Calleeuw Michael Cools Steven Caethoven 2015 Stijn Minne Jan Logier Gianni Marchand 2016 Jo Maes Stijn Minne Arjen Livyns 2017 Joren Touquet Jens Vandenbogaerde Johan Hemroulle
Women Year Winner Second Third2018 Floortje Mackaij Lorena Wiebes Marjolein Van't Geloof2019 Cancelled due to high winds2020 Cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic2021 Christine Majerus Amy Pieters Thalita de Jong
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