René Vermandel

Belgian cyclist

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René Vermandel
Personal information
René Vermandel (1921)
Born	(1893-03-23)23 March 1893 Zelzate, Belgium
Died	20 April 1958(1958-04-20) (aged 65) Anderlecht, Belgium
Team information
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Professional teams
1920–1921	Individual
1922–1924	Alcyon–Dunlop
1925	Individual
1926	Opel–Pollack
1926	Méteore–Wolber
1927	Opel–ZR III
1928–1931	Individual

René Vermandel (23 March 1893 – 20 April 1958) was a Belgian cyclist. He most notably won Liège–Bastogne–Liège in 1923 and 1924, as well as the 1921 Tour of Flanders. He finished in 2nd place in the 1923 Paris–Roubaix^[1] and 4th place in the 1921 Paris–Roubaix.^[2] He also rode in the 1921 Tour de France.^[3]

Major results

1913

5th Liège–Bastogn–Liège

1920

3rd Road race, National Road Championships

3rd Paris–Brussels

8th Paris–Tours

10th Overall Tour of Belgium

1st Stages 3 & 4

1921

1st

National Cyclo-cross Championships

1st Tour of Flanders

1st Overall Tour of Belgium

1st Stage 3

1st Scheldeprijs

1st Schaal Sels

1st Paris–Dijon

1st De Drie Zustersteden

2nd Road race, National Road Championships

2nd Critérium des As

4th Paris–Roubaix

1922

1st

Road race, National Road Championships

1st Critérium des As

1st Overall Tour of Belgium

1st Stages 1, 2 & 3

1st Overall Criterium du Midi

1st Stages 1, 2 & 3

1st Jemeppe–Marche–Jemeppe

1st Stage 1 Paris-Saint-Étienne [fr]

3rd Paris–Brussels

1923

1st Liège–Bastogne–Liège

1st Schaal Sels

1st Overall Circuit de Champagne

1st Stages 1 & 2

1st Circuit de Paris [fr]

2nd Paris–Roubaix

3rd Road race, National Road Championships

5th Overall Tour of Belgium

1st Stage 4

1924

1st

Road race, National Road Championships

1st Liège–Bastogne–Liège

1st Scheldeprijs

1st Stages 1 & 5 Tour of Belgium

1st Stage 3 Criterium du Midi

2nd Tour of Flanders

3rd Schaal Sels

1925

1st Overall Criterium du Midi

1st Stage 1

3rd Schaal Sels

1926

1st Rund um Leipzig

2nd Schaal Sels

1927

1st Rund um Leipzig

1928

3rd Overall Tour of Belgium

1st Stage 3

References

^ "24th Paris – Roubaix, 1923". bikeraceinfo. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
^ "22nd Paris – Roubaix, 1921". bikeraceinfo. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
^ "15ème Tour de France 1921" (in French). Memoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 11 February 2012. Retrieved 19 January 2015.

External links

René Vermandel at Cycling Archives

Tour of Flanders winners

1900–1919

Paul Deman (1913)
Marcel Buysse (1914)
(1915–1918, not held)
Henri Vanlerberghe (1919)

1920–1939

Jules Vanhevel (1920)
René Vermandel (1921)
Léon Devos (1922)
Heiri Suter (1923)
Gerard Debaets (1924)
Julien Delbecque (1925)
Denis Verschueren (1926)
Gerard Debaets (1927)
Jan Mertens (1928)
Joseph Dervaes (1929)
Frans Bonduel (1930)
Romain Gijssels (1931–1932)
Alphonse Schepers (1933)
Gaston Rebry (1934)
Louis Duerloo (1935)
Louis Hardiquest (1936)
Michel D'Hooghe (1937)
Edgard De Caluwé (1938)
Karel Kaers (1939)

1940–1959

Achiel Buysse (1940–1941)
Briek Schotte (1942)
Achiel Buysse (1943)
Rik Van Steenbergen (1944)
Sylvain Grysolle (1945)
Rik Van Steenbergen (1946)
Emiel Faignaert (1947)
Briek Schotte (1948)
Fiorenzo Magni (1949–1951)
Roger Decock (1952)
Wim van Est (1953)
Raymond Impanis (1954)
Louison Bobet (1955)
Jean Forestier (1956)
Fred De Bruyne (1957)
Germain Derycke (1958)
Rik Van Looy (1959)

1960–1979

Arthur Decabooter (1960)
Tom Simpson (1961)
Rik Van Looy (1962)
Noël Foré (1963)
Rudi Altig (1964)
Jo de Roo (1965)
Edward Sels (1966)
Dino Zandegù (1967)
Walter Godefroot (1968)
Eddy Merckx (1969)
Eric Leman (1970)
Evert Dolman (1971)
Eric Leman (1972–1973)
Cees Bal (1974)
Eddy Merckx (1975)
Walter Planckaert (1976)
Roger De Vlaeminck (1977)
Walter Godefroot (1978)
Jan Raas (1979)

1980–1999

2000–2019

Andrei Tchmil (2000)
Gianluca Bortolami (2001)
Andrea Tafi (2002)
Peter Van Petegem (2003)
Steffen Wesemann (2004)
Tom Boonen (2005–2006)
Alessandro Ballan (2007)
Stijn Devolder (2008–2009)
Fabian Cancellara (2010)
Nick Nuyens (2011)
Tom Boonen (2012)
Fabian Cancellara (2013–2014)
Alexander Kristoff (2015)
Peter Sagan (2016)
Philippe Gilbert (2017)
Niki Terpstra (2018)
Alberto Bettiol (2019)

2020–2039

v t e Belgian National Road Race Champion (men)
1880–1899	Léon Houa (1894) Henri Luyten (1895–1896) Henri Bertrand (1897–1898) Jules Degeetere (1899)
1900–1919	Mathieu Quoidbach (1900) Paul Burger (1901) Jules Defrance (1902) Arthur Vanderstuyft (1903) Jules Sales (1904) Dieudonné Jamar (1905) Francois Verstraeten (1907–1908) Cyrille van Hauwaert (1909) Henri Hanlet (1910) Odile Defraye (1911) Omer Verschoore (1912) Joseph Van Daele (1913) Victor Dethier (1914) Jean Rossius (1919)
1920–1939	Jules Vanhevel (1920–1921) René Vermandel (1922) Félix Sellier (1923) René Vermandel (1924) Gerard Debaets (1925) Félix Sellier (1926) August Mortelmans (1927) Joseph Dervaes (1928) Joseph Wauters (1929–1930) Alphonse Schepers (1931) Georges Lemaire (1932) Louis Duerloo (1933) Louis Roels (1934) Gustave Danneels (1935) Jean Aerts (1936) Karel Kaers (1937) Petrus Van Theemsche (1938) Marcel Kint (1939)
1940–1959	Odiel Van Den Meersschaut (1940) André Defoort (1941) André Maelbrancke (1942) Rik Van Steenbergen (1943, 1945) Émile Masson Jr. (1946–1947) Achiel Buysse (1948) Valère Ollivier (1949) Albert Ramon (1950) Lode Anthonis (1951) Jozef Schils (1952) Alois Vansteenkiste (1953) Rik Van Steenbergen (1954) Emiel Van Cauter (1955) André Vlayen (1956–1957) Rik Van Looy (1958) Petrus Oellibrandt (1959)
1960–1979	Frans De Mulder (1960) Michel Van Aerde (1961) Jef Planckaert (1962) Rik Van Looy (1963) Edward Sels (1964) Walter Godefroot (1965) Guido Reybrouck (1966) Jozef Boons (1967) Julien Stevens (1968) Roger De Vlaeminck (1969) Eddy Merckx (1970) Herman Van Springel (1971) Walter Godefroot (1972) Frans Verbeeck (1973) Roger Swerts (1974) Willy Teirlinck (1975) Freddy Maertens (1976) Michel Pollentier (1977–1978) Gery Verlinden (1979)
1980–1999	Jos Jacobs (1980) Roger De Vlaeminck (1981) Frank Hoste (1982) Lucien Van Impe (1983) Eric Vanderaerden (1984) Paul Haghedooren (1985) Marc Sergeant (1986) Ferdi Van Den Haute (1987) Etienne De Wilde (1988) Carlo Bomans (1989) Claude Criquielion (1990) Benjamin Van Itterbeeck (1991) Johan Museeuw (1992) Alain Van Den Bossche (1993) Wilfried Nelissen (1994–1995) Johan Museeuw (1996) Tom Steels (1997–1998) Ludo Dierckxsens (1999)
2000–2019	Axel Merckx (2000) Ludovic Capelle (2001) Tom Steels (2002) Geert Omloop (2003) Tom Steels (2004) Serge Baguet (2005) Niko Eeckhout (2006) Stijn Devolder (2007) Jürgen Roelandts (2008) Tom Boonen (2009) Stijn Devolder (2010) Philippe Gilbert (2011) Tom Boonen (2012) Stijn Devolder (2013) Jens Debusschere (2014) Preben Van Hecke (2015) Philippe Gilbert (2016) Oliver Naesen (2017) Yves Lampaert (2018) Tim Merlier (2019)
2020–2039	Dries De Bondt (2020) Wout van Aert (2021) Tim Merlier (2022) Remco Evenepoel (2023)

v t e Belgian National Cyclo-cross Champions (men)
1900–1919	Philippe Thys (1910) Joseph Van Ingelghem (1912) Henri Moerenhout (1913) Joseph Van Ingelghem (1914)
1920–1939	René Vermandel (1921) Maurice De Waele (1922) Théodore Van Eetvelde (1923) Joseph Van Dam (1924) Pé Verhaegen (1925) Henri Moerenhout (1926) Jean Meeuwis (1927) Jules Goedhuys (1928) Georges Ronsse (1929–1930) Jules Goedhuys (1931) Jef Demuysere (1932) Maurice Seynaeve (1933–1937) Omer Thys (1938–1939)
1940–1959	Richard Blendeman (1941) Eugeen Jacobs (1942–1943) Frans Van Hellemont (1944) Georges Vandermeirsch (1945–1947) Frans De Coster (1948) Georges Vandermeirsch (1949) Firmin Van Kerrebroeck (1950) Georges Vandermeirsch (1951) Firmin Van Kerrebroeck (1952) Georges Furnière (1953) Frans Feremans (1954) Firmin Van Kerrebroeck (1955–1956) René De Rey (1957) Firmin Van Kerrebroeck (1958) René De Rey (1959)
1960–1979	Roger De Clercq (1960) Firmin Van Kerrebroeck (1961) Roger De Clercq (1962) Albert Van Damme (1963) Roger De Clercq (1964) Albert Van Damme (1965–1966) Erik De Vlaeminck (1967) Albert Van Damme (1968) Erik De Vlaeminck (1969) Albert Van Damme (1970) Erik De Vlaeminck (1971–1972) Albert Van Damme (1973) Roger De Vlaeminck (1974–1975) Marc De Block (1976–1977) Roger De Vlaeminck (1978) Jan Teugels (1979)
1980–1999	Roland Liboton (1980–1989) Danny De Bie (1990–1992) Paul Herygers (1993) Peter Van Den Abeele (1994) Marc Janssens (1995) Erwin Vervecken (1996) Paul Herygers (1997) Marc Janssens (1998–1999)
2000–2019	Sven Nys (2000) Mario De Clercq (2001–2002) Sven Nys (2003) Bart Wellens (2004) Sven Nys (2005–2006) Bart Wellens (2007) Sven Nys (2008–2010) Niels Albert (2011) Sven Nys (2012) Klaas Vantornout (2013) Sven Nys (2014) Klaas Vantornout (2015) Wout van Aert (2016–2018) Toon Aerts (2019)
2020–2039	Laurens Sweeck (2020) Wout van Aert (2021–2022) Michael Vanthourenhout (2023) Eli Iserbyt (2024)

v t e Liège–Bastogne–Liège winners
1880–1899	Léon Houa (1892–1894) (1895–1907, not held)
1900–1919	André Trousselier (1908) Victor Fastre (1909) (1910, not held) Joseph Van Daele (1911) Omer Verschoore (1912) Maurice Moritz (1913) (1914–1918, not held) Léon Devos (1919)
1920–1939	Léon Scieur (1920) Louis Mottiat (1921–1922) René Vermandel (1923–1924) Georges Ronsse (1925) Dieudonné Smets (1926) Maurice Raes (1927) Ernest Mottard (1928) Alphonse Schepers (1929) Hermann Buse (1930) Alphonse Schepers (1931) Marcel Houyoux (1932) François Gardier (1933) Théo Herckenrath (1934) Alphonse Schepers (1935) Albert Beckaert (1936) Éloi Meulenberg (1937) Alfons Deloor (1938) Albert Ritserveldt (1939)
1940–1959	(1940–1942, not held) Richard Depoorter (1943) (1944, not held) Jan Engels (1945) Prosper Depredomme (1946) Richard Depoorter (1947) Maurice Mollin (1948) Camille Danguillaume (1949) Prosper Depredomme (1950) Ferdinand Kübler (1951–1952) Alois De Hertog (1953) Marcel Ernzer (1954) Stan Ockers (1955) Fred De Bruyne (1956) Frans Schoubben and Germain Derycke (1957) Fred De Bruyne (1958–1959)
1960–1979	Albertus Geldermans (1960) Rik Van Looy (1961) Jef Planckaert (1962) Frans Melckenbeeck (1963) Willy Bocklant (1964) Carmine Preziosi (1965) Jacques Anquetil (1966) Walter Godefroot (1967) Valère Van Sweevelt (1968) Eddy Merckx (1969) Roger De Vlaeminck (1970) Eddy Merckx (1971–1973) Georges Pintens (1974) Eddy Merckx (1975) Joseph Bruyère (1976) Bernard Hinault (1977) Joseph Bruyère (1978) Dietrich Thurau (1979)
1980–1999	Bernard Hinault (1980) Josef Fuchs (1981) Silvano Contini (1982) Steven Rooks (1983) Sean Kelly (1984) Moreno Argentin (1985–1987) Adri van der Poel (1988) Sean Kelly (1989) Eric Van Lancker (1990) Moreno Argentin (1991) Dirk De Wolf (1992) Rolf Sørensen (1993) Evgeni Berzin (1994) Mauro Gianetti (1995) Pascal Richard (1996) Michele Bartoli (1997–1998) Frank Vandenbroucke (1999)
2000–2019	Paolo Bettini (2000) Oscar Camenzind (2001) Paolo Bettini (2002) Tyler Hamilton (2003) Davide Rebellin (2004) Alexander Vinokourov (2005) Alejandro Valverde (2006) Danilo Di Luca (2007) Alejandro Valverde (2008) Andy Schleck (2009) Alexander Vinokourov (2010) Philippe Gilbert (2011) Maxim Iglinsky (2012) Dan Martin (2013) Simon Gerrans (2014) Alejandro Valverde (2015) Wout Poels (2016) Alejandro Valverde (2017) Bob Jungels (2018) Jakob Fuglsang (2019)
2020–2039	Primož Roglič (2020) Tadej Pogačar (2021) Remco Evenepoel (2022–2023) Tadej Pogačar (2024)