title: GP Roeselare
text: # GP Roeselare
  
  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).
  
  The competition's roll of honor includes the successes of Rik Van Looy, Patrick Sercu and Freddy Maertens.
  
  ## Winners
  
  | Year | Winner | Second | Third |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1947 | Achiel Buysse | Julien Heernaert | Edward Peeters |
  | 1948–1951 | No race | No race | No race |
  | 1952 | Emmanuel Thoma | Omer Braekevelt | Roger Desmet |
  | 1953 | René Mertens | Herni Denys | Julien Pascal |
  | 1954 | René Mertens | Joseph Theuns | Florent Rondelé |
  | 1955 | Joseph De Feyter | René Mertens | Lucien Demunster |
  | 1956 | Jean Branckart | Jan Delin | Wout Wagtmans |
  | 1957 | Rik Van Looy | Jean Adriaenssens | Noël Foré |
  | 1958 | Robert Depauw | Briek Schotte | Julien Schepens |
  | 1959 | Roger Baens | Rik Luyten | Léopold Rosseel |
  | 1960 | Julien Schepens | Albert Van Eeckhout | Willy Truye |
  | 1961 | Noël Foré | Yvo Molenaers | Louis Proost |
  | 1962 | Frans Aerenhouts | Armand Desmet | Marcel Seynaeve |
  | 1963 | Frans Melckenbeeck | Noël Foré | Gilbert Desmet |
  | 1964 | Frans Melckenbeeck | Arthur Decabooter | Benoni Beheyt |
  | 1965 | Gustaaf De Smet | Constant Jongen | Kamiel Vyncke |
  | 1966 | Edouard Sels | Gustaaf De Smet | Palle Lykke Jensen |
  | 1967 | No race | No race | No race |
  | 1968 | Walter Boucquet | Raymond Steegmans | Gustaaf De Smet |
  | 1969 | Eric Leman | Erik De Vlaeminck | Barry Hoban |
  | 1970 | André Dierickx | Jean-Pierre Monseré | Roger De Vlaeminck |
  | 1971 | Patrick Sercu | Noël Van Clooster | Willy Planckaert |
  | 1972 | No race | No race | No race |
  | 1973 | Freddy Maertens | Walter Planckaert | Théo Van Der Leeuw |
  | 1974 | Albert Van Vlierberghe | Walter Planckaert | Frans Verbeeck |
  | 1975 | Freddy Maertens | Frans Verbeeck | Marc Demeyer |
  | 1976 | Marc Demeyer | Pol Verschuere | Walter Planckaert |
  