# Tour of Belgium

The Tour of Belgium (Dutch: Ronde van België; French: Tour de Belgique) is a five-day bicycle race which is held annually in Belgium, and is part of the UCI ProSeries.
It was held annually between 1908 and 1981, except during both world wars. Between 1982 and 1990 several races were not organised and none at all from 1991 to 2001. From 2002 onwards the race has again become an annual fixture on the cycling calendar.
Following the start of the UCI ProTour in 2005 it looked like the race would merge with the Eneco Tour; however this did not happen and it became part of the UCI Europe Tour competition.

## Winners

Twelve riders have managed to win the Tour of Belgium more than once. The most successful rider is German rider Tony Martin, who won three consecutive editions between 2012 and 2014.

### By year

| Year | Country | Rider | Team |
| 1908 | France | Lucien Petit-Breton | Peugeot–Wolber |
| 1909 | France | Paul Duboc | Alcyon–Dunlop |
| 1910 | Belgium | Jules Masselis | Alcyon–Dunlop |
| 1911 | Belgium | René Vandenberghe | Alcyon–Dunlop |
| 1912 | Belgium | Odile Defraye | Alcyon–Dunlop |
| 1913 | Belgium | Dieudonné Gauthy | Alcyon–Soly |
| 1914 | Belgium | Louis Mottiat | Alcyon–Soly |
| 1915– 1918 | No race due to World War I | No race due to World War I | No race due to World War I |
| 1919 | Belgium | Émile Masson | Alcyon |
| 1920 | Belgium | Louis Mottiat | Alcyon |
| 1921 | Belgium | René Vermandel | individual |
| 1922 | Belgium | René Vermandel | Alcyon–Dunlop |
| 1923 | Belgium | Émile Masson | Alcyon–Dunlop |
| 1924 | Belgium | Félix Sellier | Alcyon–Dunlop |
| 1925 | Belgium | Denis Verschueren | Wonder |
| 1926 | Belgium | Jean De Busschere | Alcyon–Dunlop |
| 1927 | Belgium | Paul Matton | Armor–Dunlop |
| 1928 | Belgium | Jules Vanhevel | individual |
| 1929 | Belgium | Armand Van Bruane | La Nordiste |
| 1930 | Belgium | Émile Joly | Génial Lucifer |
| 1931 | Belgium | Maurice De Waele | M. Dewaele |
| 1932 | Belgium | Léon Louyet | Génial Lucifer–Hutchinson |
| 1933 | Belgium | Jean Aerts | Alcyon–Dunlop |
| 1934 | Belgium | François Gardier | Depas Cycles |
| 1935 | Belgium | Joseph Moerenhout | Dilecta–Wolber |
| 1936 | Belgium | Emile Decroix | Wolber |
| 1937 | Belgium | Adolph Braeckeveldt | Helyett–Splendor–Hutchinson |
| 1938 | Belgium | François Neuville | Helyett–Hutchinson |
| 1939 | Belgium | Joseph Somers | Helyett–Hutchinson |
| 1940– 1944 | No race due to World War II | No race due to World War II | No race due to World War II |
| 1945 | Belgium | Norbert Callens | Mercier–Hutchinson |
| 1946 | Belgium | Albert Ramon | Cilo |
| 1947 | Belgium | Maurice Van Herzele | Groene Leeuw |
| 1948 | Belgium | Stan Ockers | Garin–Wolber |
| 1949 | Belgium | Ernest Sterckx | L'Avenir |
| 1950 | Belgium | Albert Dubuisson | Groene Leeuw |
| 1951 | Belgium | Lucien Mathys | Groene Leeuw |
| 1952 | Belgium | Henri Van Kerckhove | individual |
| 1953 | Belgium | Florent Rondelé | Bertin–D'Alessandro |
| 1954 | Belgium | Henri Van Kerckhove | Groene Leeuw–Huret |
| 1955 | Belgium | Alex Close | Elvé–Peugeot |
| 1956 | Belgium | André Vlayen | Elvé–Peugeot |
| 1957 | Belgium | Pino Cerami | Peugeot–BP–Dunlop |
| 1958 | Belgium | Noël Foré | Groene Leeuw–Leopold |
| 1959 | Belgium | Armand Desmet | Groene Leeuw–Sinalco–SAS |
| 1960 | Belgium | Alfons Sweeck | Groene Leeuw–Sinalco–SAS |
| 1961 | Belgium | Rik Van Looy | Faema |
| 1962 | Belgium | Noël Foré | Flandria–Faema–Clément |
| 1963 | Netherlands | Peter Post | Dr. Mann–Labo |
| 1964 | Belgium | Benoni Beheyt | Wiel's–Groene Leeuw |
| 1965 | France | Jean Stablinski | Ford France–Gitane |
| 1966 | Italy | Vittorio Adorni | Salvarani |
| 1967 | Italy | Carmine Preziosi | Molteni |
| 1968 | Belgium | Wilfried David | Flandria–De Clerck |
| 1969 | Belgium | Erik De Vlaeminck | Flandria–De Clerck–Krüger |
| 1970 | Belgium | Eddy Merckx | Faemino–Faema |
| 1971 | Belgium | Eddy Merckx | Molteni |
| 1972 | Belgium | Roger Swerts | Molteni |
| 1973 | Denmark | Leif Mortensen | Bic |
| 1974 | Belgium | Roger Swerts | IJsboerke–Colner |
| 1975 | Belgium | Freddy Maertens | Carpenter–Confortluxe–Flandria |
| 1976 | Belgium | Michel Pollentier | Flandria–Velda–West Vlaams Vleesbedrijf |
| 1977 | Belgium | Walter Planckaert | Maes Pils–Mini-Flat |
| 1978 | Belgium | André Dierickx | IJsboerke–Gios |
| 1979 | Belgium | Daniel Willems | IJsboerke–Warncke Eis |
| 1980 | Netherlands | Gerrie Knetemann | TI–Raleigh–Creda |
| 1981 | Netherlands | Ad Wijnands | TI–Raleigh–Creda |
| 1982– 1983 | No race | No race | No race |
| 1984 | Belgium | Eddy Planckaert | Panasonic–Raleigh |
| 1985 | Belgium | Ludo Peeters | Kwantum–Decosol–Yoko |
| 1986 | Belgium | Nico Emonds | Kwantum–Decosol–Yoko |
| 1987 | No race | No race | No race |
| 1988 | Netherlands | Frans Maassen | Superconfex–Yoko–Opel–Colnago |
| 1989 | Great Britain | Sean Yates | 7-Eleven |
| 1990 | Netherlands | Frans Maassen | Buckler–Colnago–Decca |
| 1991– 2001 | No race | No race | No race |
| 2002 | Netherlands | Bart Voskamp | BankGiroLoterij–Batavus |
| 2003 | Australia | Michael Rogers | Quick-Step–Davitamon |
| 2004 | France | Sylvain Chavanel | Brioches La Boulangère |
| 2005 | Belgium | Tom Boonen | Quick-Step–Innergetic |
| 2006 | Netherlands | Maarten Tjallingii | Skil–Shimano |
| 2007 | Russia | Vladimir Gusev | Discovery Channel |
| 2008 | Belgium | Stijn Devolder | Quick-Step |
| 2009 | Netherlands | Lars Boom | Rabobank |
| 2010 | Belgium | Stijn Devolder | Quick-Step |
| 2011 | Belgium | Philippe Gilbert | Omega Pharma–Lotto |
| 2012 | Germany | Tony Martin | Omega Pharma–Quick-Step |
| 2013 | Germany | Tony Martin | Omega Pharma–Quick-Step |
| 2014 | Germany | Tony Martin | Omega Pharma–Quick-Step |
| 2015 | Belgium | Greg Van Avermaet | BMC Racing Team |
| 2016 | Belgium | Dries Devenyns | IAM Cycling |
| 2017 | Belgium | Jens Keukeleire | Belgium (national team) |
| 2018 | Belgium | Jens Keukeleire | Lotto–Soudal |
| 2019 | Belgium | Remco Evenepoel | Deceuninck–Quick-Step |
| 2020 | No race due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Belgium | No race due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Belgium | No race due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Belgium |
| 2021 | Belgium | Remco Evenepoel | Deceuninck–Quick-Step |
| 2022 | Switzerland | Mauro Schmid | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team |
| 2023 | Netherlands | Mathieu van der Poel | Alpecin–Deceuninck |
| 2024 | Norway | Søren Wærenskjold | Uno-X Mobility |

### Multiple winners

| Name | Country | Wins | Years |
| Tony Martin | Germany | 3 | 2012, 2013, 2014 |
| Louis Mottiat | Belgium | 2 | 1914, 1920 |
| Émile Masson | Belgium | 2 | 1919, 1923 |
| René Vermandel | Belgium | 2 | 1921, 1922 |
| Henri Van Kerckhove | Belgium | 2 | 1952, 1954 |
| Noël Foré | Belgium | 2 | 1958, 1962 |
| Eddy Merckx | Belgium | 2 | 1970, 1971 |
| Roger Swerts | Belgium | 2 | 1972, 1974 |
| Frans Maassen | Netherlands | 2 | 1988, 1990 |
| Stijn Devolder | Belgium | 2 | 2008, 2010 |
| Jens Keukeleire | Belgium | 2 | 2017, 2018 |
| Remco Evenepoel | Belgium | 2 | 2019, 2021 |

### By nation

| Rank | Country | Wins | Most times winner | Most Recent Winner |
| 1 | Belgium | 69 | 2 wins Louis Mottiat Émile Masson René Vermandel Henri Van Kerckhove Noël Foré Eddy Merckx Roger Swerts Stijn Devolder Jens Keukeleire Remco Evenepoel | Remco Evenepoel (2021) |
| 2 | Netherlands | 9 | Frans Maassen (2) | Mathieu van der Poel (2023) |
| 3 | France | 4 | 1 win Lucien Petit-Breton Paul Duboc Jean Stablinski Sylvain Chavanel | Sylvain Chavanel (2004) |
| 4 | Germany | 3 | Tony Martin (3) | Tony Martin (2014) |
| 5 | Italy | 2 | 1 win Carmine Preziosi Vittorio Adorni | Carmine Preziosi (1967) |
| 6 | Australia | 1 | Michael Rogers (1) | Michael Rogers (2003) |
| 6 | Denmark | 1 | Leif Mortensen (1) | Leif Mortensen (1973) |
| 6 | Great Britain | 1 | Sean Yates (1) | Sean Yates (1989) |
| 6 | Norway | 1 | Søren Wærenskjold (1) | Søren Wærenskjold (2024) |
| 6 | Russia | 1 | Vladimir Gusev (1) | Vladimir Gusev (2007) |
| 6 | Switzerland | 1 | Mauro Schmid (1) | Mauro Schmid (2022) |

## Classifications

As of the 2023 edition, the jerseys worn by the leaders of the individual classifications are:
* Purple Jersey – Worn by the leader of the general classification.
* Red Jersey – Worn by the leader of the points classification.
* Yellow Jersey – Worn by the leader of the youth classification.
* White Jersey – Worn by the leader of the combativity classification.