GP Roeselare

{{short description|Recurring sporting event}}

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{{flagathlete|Frans Melckenbeeck|BEL}}
{{flagathlete|Freddy Maertens|BEL}}
(2 wins)|mostrecent={{flagathlete|Marc De Meyer|BEL}}}}

The GP Roeselare (officially Grote Prijs van de Bank van Roeselare en West-Vlaanderen) was a post WW II-men's cycling race organized for the last time in 1976. The start and finish place was Roeselare (West Flanders, Belgium).{{cite web |title=G.P de la Banque / Roulers (Bel) – Ex. |url=http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.eu/disparues/anc_banque.php |accessdate=31 December 2021 |work=Memoire-du-cyclisme.eu}}

The competition's roll of honor includes the successes of Rik Van Looy, Patrick Sercu and Freddy Maertens.{{Cite web |date=2022 |title=GP Roeselare |url=https://firstcycling.com/race.php?r=12544 |website=FirstCycling.com }}

Winners

class="wikitable"

!Year

!Winner

!Second

!Third

1947

|{{flagicon|BEL}} Achiel Buysse

|{{flagicon|BEL}} Julien Heernaert

|{{flagicon|BEL}} Edward Peeters

{{Gray|1948–1951}}

| colspan="3" align="center" |No race

1952

|{{flagicon|BEL}} Emmanuel Thoma

|{{flagicon|BEL}} Omer Braekevelt

|{{flagicon|BEL}} Roger Desmet

1953

|{{flagicon|BEL}} René Mertens

|{{flagicon|BEL}} Herni Denys

|{{flagicon|BEL}} Julien Pascal

1954

|{{flagicon|BEL}} René Mertens

|{{flagicon|BEL}} Joseph Theuns

|{{flagicon|BEL}} Florent Rondelé

1955

|{{flagicon|BEL}} Joseph De Feyter

|{{flagicon|BEL}} René Mertens

|{{flagicon|BEL}} Lucien Demunster

1956

|{{flagicon|BEL}} Jean Branckart

|{{flagicon|BEL}} Jan Delin

|{{flagicon|NED}} Wout Wagtmans

1957

|{{flagicon|BEL}} Rik Van Looy

|{{flagicon|BEL}} Jean Adriaenssens

|{{flagicon|BEL}} Noël Foré

1958

|{{flagicon|BEL}} Robert Depauw

|{{flagicon|BEL}} Briek Schotte

|{{flagicon|BEL}} Julien Schepens

1959

|{{flagicon|BEL}} Roger Baens

|{{flagicon|BEL}} Rik Luyten

|{{flagicon|BEL}} Léopold Rosseel

1960

|{{flagicon|BEL}} Julien Schepens

|{{flagicon|BEL}} Albert Van Eeckhout

|{{flagicon|BEL}} Willy Truye

1961

|{{flagicon|BEL}} Noël Foré

|{{flagicon|BEL}} Yvo Molenaers

|{{flagicon|BEL}} Louis Proost

1962

|{{flagicon|BEL}} Frans Aerenhouts

|{{flagicon|BEL}} Armand Desmet

|{{flagicon|BEL}} Marcel Seynaeve

1963

|{{flagicon|BEL}} Frans Melckenbeeck

|{{flagicon|BEL}} Noël Foré

|{{flagicon|BEL}} Gilbert Desmet

1964

|{{flagicon|BEL}} Frans Melckenbeeck

|{{flagicon|BEL}} Arthur Decabooter

|{{flagicon|BEL}} Benoni Beheyt

1965

|{{flagicon|BEL}} Gustaaf De Smet

|{{flagicon|BEL}} Constant Jongen

|{{flagicon|BEL}} Kamiel Vyncke

1966

|{{flagicon|BEL}} Edouard Sels

|{{flagicon|BEL}} Gustaaf De Smet

|{{flagicon|DEN}} Palle Lykke Jensen

{{Gray|1967}}

| colspan="3" align="center" |No race

1968

|{{flagicon|BEL}} Walter Boucquet

|{{flagicon|BEL}} Raymond Steegmans

|{{flagicon|BEL}} Gustaaf De Smet

1969

|{{flagicon|BEL}} Eric Leman

|{{flagicon|BEL}} Erik De Vlaeminck

|{{flagicon|UK}} Barry Hoban

1970

|{{flagicon|BEL}} André Dierickx

|{{flagicon|BEL}} Jean-Pierre Monseré

|{{flagicon|BEL}} Roger De Vlaeminck

1971

|{{flagicon|BEL}} Patrick Sercu

|{{flagicon|BEL}} Noël Van Clooster

|{{flagicon|BEL}} Willy Planckaert

{{Gray|1972}}

| colspan="3" align="center" |No race

1973

|{{flagicon|BEL}} Freddy Maertens

|{{flagicon|BEL}} Walter Planckaert

|{{flagicon|NED}} Théo Van Der Leeuw

1974

|{{flagicon|BEL}} Albert Van Vlierberghe

|{{flagicon|BEL}} Walter Planckaert

|{{flagicon|BEL}} Frans Verbeeck

1975

|{{flagicon|BEL}} Freddy Maertens

|{{flagicon|BEL}} Frans Verbeeck

|{{flagicon|BEL}} Marc Demeyer

1976

|{{flagicon|BEL}} Marc Demeyer

|{{flagicon|BEL}} Pol Verschuere

|{{flagicon|BEL}} Walter Planckaert

References