Schelde-Dender-Leie
Race details
DateMay, June
RegionFlanders, Belgium
English nameScheldt-Lys-Dender
Local name(s)Schelde-Dender-Leie (in Dutch)
DisciplineRoad
CompetitionCat. 1.2
TypeOne-day race
History
First edition1947 (1947)
Editions19
Final edition1965
First winner Désiré Keteleer (BEL)
Most wins
(2 wins)
Final winner Léopold Van Den Neste (BEL)

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

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

References

  1. ↑ "Escaut-Dendre-Lys (Bel) - Ex". Memoire-du-cyclisme.eu (in French). Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  2. ↑ "AALST Schelde-Dender-Leie". Site Du Cyclisme (in French). 2022.
  3. ↑ "Circuit Escaut-Dendre". FirstCycling.com. 2022.
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