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| Born | 6 March 1957 Leuven, Belgium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1979โ1980 | Marc Zeep SavonโSuperia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1981โ1982 | Vermeer Thijs | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1982โ1987 | Guerciotti | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1988โ1989 | AD RentingโMini-FlatโEnerday | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1990 | FlandersโSantin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1990โ1991 | IOCโTulip Computers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1992 | Rocket Productions | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Roland Liboton (born 6 March 1957) is a Belgian former cyclo-cross racer. Liboton won the UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships in 1980, 1982, 1983, and 1984, was the Belgian national champion for a record of ten successive years from 1980 to 1989.[1] He also won the Superprestige in 1985, 1986 and 1988.[2] In total, Liboton won 65 major cyclo-cross races.[3]
Liboton also occasionally competed in road races, having ridden in the 1981 Tour de France. He retired from professional competition in 1992.[4]
In 2002, Roland Liboton was introduced in the UCI Cycling Hall of Fame[5]
Liboton became an honorary citizen of Aarschot, Belgium in 2023.[6]

Major results
editCyclo-cross
edit- 1975โ1976
- 1st
National Junior Championships - 1977โ1978
- 1st
UCI World Amateur Championships - 1st
National Amateur Championships - 1st Overijse II
- 2nd Overijse I
- 1978โ1979
- 2nd Overijse I
- 1979โ1980
- 1st
UCI World Championships - 1st
National Championships - 1st Overijse II
- 2nd Overijse I
- 3rd Diegem
- 1980โ1981
- 1st
National Championships - 1st Overijse I
- 1st Overijse II
- 1st Niel
- 1st Diegem
- 1st Zรผrich-Waid
- 2nd
UCI World Championships - 2nd Steinmaur
- 3rd Gavere
- 1981โ1982
- 1st
UCI World Championships - 1st
National Championships - 1st Overijse I
- 1st Overijse II
- 2nd Zรผrich-Waid
- 3rd Diegem
- 1982โ1983
- 1st
UCI World Championships - 1st
National Championships - Superprestige
- 1st Niel
- 1st Overijse
- 2nd Wetzikon
- 3rd Koksijde
- 1983โ1984
- 1st
UCI World Championships - 1st
National Championships - Superprestige
- 1st Niel
- 1st Steinmaur
- 1st Wetzikon
- 1984โ1985
- 1st
National Championships - 1st Overall Superprestige
- 1st Roma
- 1st Oss
- 1st Diegem
- 2nd Zรผrich-Waid
- 2nd Valkenswaard
- 1st Overijse
- 1985โ1986
- 1st
National Championships - 1st Overall Superprestige
- 1st Gieten
- 1st Niel
- 1st Koksijde
- 1st Loenhout
- 1986โ1987
- 1st
National Championships - Superprestige
- 1st Koksijde
- 1st Overijse
- 2nd Niel
- 1987โ1988
- 1st
National Championships - 1st Overall Superprestige
- 1st Gieten
- 1st Niel
- 1988โ1989
- 1st
National Championships - Superprestige
- 1st Diegem
- 1st Loenhout
- 2nd Niel
- 1989โ1990
- 2nd National Championships
References
edit- ^ "Remco Evenepoel wint Vรฉlo d'Or". Het Nieuwsblad (in Dutch). 2 December 2022.
- ^ Van de Gejuchte, Dirk & Sergent, Pascal: "La Gloire Dans Les Labours". Editions de Eecloonaar, 1996. Retrieved 29 June 2007.
- ^ "Home >> Riders>>Roland Liboton". cyclocross24.com. 18 May 2024.
- ^ "Roland Liboton". FirstCycling.com. 2022.
- ^ "The Cycling Hall of Fame: Eddy Merckx". Rouleur.
- ^ Guns, Jeroen (25 August 2023). "Roland Liboton is blij met Aarschots ereburgerschap, maar: "Ik had het al vroeger verwacht"". Sporza (in Dutch).
External links
edit- Roland Liboton at ProCyclingStats
- Roland Liboton at CycleBase
- Roland Liboton at InterSportStats
- Roland Liboton bio at UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships
- Guerciotti Team