The Circuit of the Border Region was a men's cycling race organized for the last time in 1983. The start and finish place was

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, Belgium) The competition's roll of honor includes the successes of Rik Van Looy,

Patrick Sercu Patrick Sercu (27 June 1944 – 19 April 2019) was a Belgian cyclist who was active on the road and track between 1961 and 1983. On track, he won the gold medal in the 1 km time trial at the 1964 Summer Olympics, as well as three world titl ...

and Roger De Vlaeminck.

Winners

{, class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%" , bgcolor="#CCCCCC" , Year , bgcolor="#CCCCCC" , Winner , bgcolor="#CCCCCC" , Second , bgcolor="#CCCCCC" , Third , - , 1969 , Rik Van Looy , Victor Nuelant , Urbain De Brauwer , - , 1970 , Pol Mahieu , Jean-Pierre Monseré ,

Joop Zoetemelk Hendrik Gerardus Joseph "Joop" Zoetemelk (; born 3 December 1946) is a Dutch former professional racing cyclist. He started and finished the Tour de France 16 times, which were both records when he retired. He also holds the distance record in T ...

, - , 1971 , Jacky Mourioux , Herman Vrijders , Maurice Eyers , - , 1972 , Ghislain Van Landeghem , Raphaël Van Bruane , Herman Van Springel , - , 1973 ,

Noël Van Clooster Noël Van Clooster (born 2 December 1943) is a Belgian former racing cyclist. He rode in four editions of the Tour de France, as well as two editions of the Giro d'Italia and one Vuelta a España. Major results ;1965 : 1st Kattekoers : 1st St ...

Willy De Geest Willy De Geest (born 8 January 1947) is a Belgian former professional racing cyclist. He rode in the 1973 Tour de France The 1973 Tour de France was the 60th edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. It took place between 30 ...

Freddy Maertens Freddy Maertens (born 13 February 1952) is a Belgian former professional racing cyclist who was twice world road race champion. His career coincided with the best years of another Belgian rider, Eddy Merckx, and supporters and reporters were sp ...

, - , 1974 , Joseph Jacobs , Tino Tabak , Piet Van Katwijk , - , 1975 ,

Luc Leman Luc Leman (born 30 April 1953) is a Belgian former cyclist, who was professional from 1974 until 1979. He most notably won a stage of the 1975 Vuelta a España as well as the Nokere Koerse in 1976. He is the brother of cyclist Eric Leman. Major r ...

Gustaaf Van Roosbroeck Gustaf Van Roosbroeck (born 16 May 1948 in Hulshout) is a retired Belgian professional road bicycle racer who competed in the 1970s. He finished fifth in the 1974 Amstel Gold Race. Major results ;1969 :1st Stages 2 & 3 Olympia's Tour ;1971 ...

, Herman Vrijders , - , 1976 , Ludo Van Stayen ,

, Walter Nagels , - , 1977 ,

Eric Jacques The given name Eric, Erich, Erikk, Erik, Erick, or Eirik is derived from the Old Norse name ''Eiríkr'' (or ''Eríkr'' in Old East Norse due to monophthongization). The first element, ''ei-'' may be derived from the older Proto-Norse ''* ain ...

, Eric Van De Wiele , Etienne Van Der Helst , - , 1978 ,

, Johnny De Nul ,

Dirk Heirweg Dirk Heirweg (born 27 September 1955) is a Belgian former racing cyclist. He competed in the individual road race and team time trial events at the 1976 Summer Olympics Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Econ ...

, - , 1979 , Patrick Lefevere , Herman Van Springel ,

Ferdi Van Den Haute Ferdi Van Den Haute (Deftinge, 5 July 1952) is a Belgian former professional road bicycle racer competing from 1976 to 1987. Major results ;1974 : National Amateur Track Pursuit Championship : National Amateur Track Madison Championship (with ...

, - , 1980 , Joseph Van De Poel , Roger Rosiers , Eric Van De Wiele , - , 1981 , Roger De Vlaeminck ,

Daniel Willems Daniel Willems (16 August 1956 – 2 September 2016)Alfons De Wolf , - , 1982 ,

Hans Langerijs Hans Langerijs (born 14 January 1953) is a Dutch former racing cyclist. He rode in the 1980 Tour de France. Major results ;1975 : 1st Overall Olympia's Tour ;1977 : 1st Overall Niedersachsen Rundfahrt ;1978 : 9th Overall Setmana Catalana de Ci ...

, Patrick Vermeulen , - , 1983 ,

Luc Colijn Luc Colijn (born 2 May 1958) is a Belgian former professional racing cyclist. He rode in the 1981 Tour de France. He currently works as a directeur sportif for . He is the grandson of cyclist Achiel Buysse. Major results Road ;1978 : 1st Roa ...

, Joseph Van De Poel , {{flagicon, NED

Johan Van Der Velde Johan van der Velde (born 12 December 1956 in Rijsbergen) is a former Dutch cyclist. In the 1980 Tour de France, he won the young rider classification, also placing 12th in the general classification that year. He had been a racing cyclist for o ...

References

Cycle races in Belgium 1969 establishments in Belgium Defunct cycling races in Belgium Recurring sporting events established in 1969 Recurring sporting events disestablished in 1983 1983 disestablishments