The Tour de Condroz was a Belgian cycling race organized for the last time in 1978.[1]

Tour du Condroz
Race details
DateMay, June, August
RegionBrussels-Capital Region, Wallonia (Belgium)
English nameTour of the Condroz
Local name(s)Tour de Condroz (in French)
DisciplineRoad
CompetitionCat. 1.2
TypeOne-day race
History
First edition1959 (1959)
Editions20
Final edition1978
First winner René Vanderveken (BEL)
Most wins (3 wins)
Final winner Joseph Bruyère (BEL)

With Brussels as starting place, the major part of the course was situated in the Condroz region of the Ardennes, Liège. Nandrin was the finish place.[2]

The competition's roll of honor includes the successes of Freddy Maertens and Eddy Merckx. The record of victories, however, belongs to Victor Van Schil.[3]

Winners

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Year Winner Second Third
1959   René Vanderveken   Lucien Flohimont   René Beullens
1960   Pierre Jacquemyns   André Van Houtven   Pierre Schmitz
1961   Barthélémy Gillard   Frits Knoops   Hubertus Zilverberg
1962   Victor Van Schil   Constant De Keyser   Andre Bar
1963   Martin Van Geneugden   Rene Vanderveken   Ludo Janssens
1964   Michael Wright   Martin Van Den Bossche   Marcel Janssens
1965   Huub Harings   Albert Lacroix   Victor Van Schil
1966   Pierre Vreys   Roger Blockx   Joseph Spruyt
1967   Eddy Merckx   Wim Schepers   Willy In 't Ven
1968   Jos Huysmans   Willy In 't Ven   Michel Jacquemin
1969   Michael Wright   Winfried Bölke   Edward Janssens
1970   Victor Van Schil   Joseph Bruyère   Emiel Cambre
1971   Guy Santy   Francis Campaner   André Doyen
1972   Victor Van Schil   Herman Beysens   Herman Van Springel
1973   Freddy Maertens   Marc Sohet   Willy In 't Ven
1974   Frans Verbeeck   Ludo Van Staeyen   Englebert Opdebeeck
1975   Christian De Buysschere   Jacques Martin   Frans Van Looy
1976   Jos Jacobs   Michel Pollentier   Walter Godefroot
1977   Eddy Merckx   André Dierickx   Joseph Bruyère
1978   Joseph Bruyère   André Delcroix   Willy In 't Ven

References

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  1. ^ "Tour de Condroz". FirstCycling.com. 2022.
  2. ^ "Tour du Condroz (Bel) - Ex". Memoire-du-cyclisme.eu (in French). Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  3. ^ "Tour du Condroz". ProcyclingStats. 2022.