Tielt-Antwerpen-Tielt

Race details
Date	June, July
Region	Antwerp, East-Flanders, West-Flanders Belgium
English name	Tielt-Antwerp-Tielt
Local name(s)	Tielt-Antwerpen-Tielt (in Dutch)
Discipline	Road
Type	One-day race
History
First edition	1938 (1938)
Editions	18
Final edition	1968
First winner	Louis Hardiquest ( BEL)
Most wins	Jacques De Boever ( BEL) (4 wins)
Final winner	Willy Donie ( BEL)

Tielt-Antwerp-Tielt was a men's cycling race organised for the last time in 1968. ^[1] The race was run between Tielt (West Flanders) and Antwerp. In 1945, a shortened version of 144 km was run with start place Antwerp and finish place Tielt. In 1958, Antwerp was both start and finish place.

The competition's roll of honor includes the successes of Briek Schotte and Rik Van Looy. ^[2]

Winners

Year	Winner	Second	Third
1938	Louis Hardiquest	Petrus Van Teemsche	Albert Beirnaert
1939	Marcel Claeys	Aloïs Delchambre	Gerard Delepeleire
1940-1944	No race during World War II
1945	Briek Schotte	Omer Mommerency	Lode Poels
1946	Maurice Van Herzele	Jozef Moerenhout	Albert Sercu
1947	Frans Knaepkens	Maurice Meersman	Achiel Buysse
1948	André Maelbrancke	Lucien Mathys	Constant Lauwers
1949	André Maelbrancke	Jerôme De Jaeger	André Pieters
1950-1957	No race
1958	Gabriel Borra	Frans van Looveren	Marcel Rijckaert
1959	Rik Van Looy	Willy Truye	Julien Pascal
1960	Léon Vandaele	Marcel Rijckaert	Leopold Rosseel
1961	Jaak De Boever	Marcel Seynaeve	Noël Foré
1962	Jaak De Boever	Clément Roman	Oswald Declercq
1963	Roland Aper	Oswald Declercq	Walter Boucquet
1964	Jaak De Boever	Oswald Declercq	Roger Deconinck
1965	Walter Boucquet	Jaak De Boever	Walter Godefroot
1966	Jaak De Boever	Gustaaf De Smet	Robert Lelangue
1967	Roger Blockx	Herman Van Loo	Antoine Houbrechts
1968	Willy Donie	Herman Van Loo	Roland Van de Rijse

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