Roland Liboton

Roland Liboton
Personal information
Born	6 March 1957; Leuven, Belgium
Team information
Discipline	Cyclo-cross; Road;
Role	Rider
Professional teams
1979–1980	Marc Zeep Savon–Superia
1981–1982	Vermeer Thijs
1982–1987	Guerciotti
1988–1989	AD Renting–Mini-Flat–Enerday
1990	Flanders–Santin
1990–1991	IOC–Tulip Computers
1992	Rocket Productions
Major wins
	Cyclo-cross Championships UCI CX World Championship (1980, 1982, 1983, 1984) National CX Championships (1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990)
Medal record
Representing Belgium
Men's cyclo-cross
World Championships

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 honoray citizen of Aarschot, Belgium in 2023.^[6]

Major results

Road

1977: 2nd Druivencross Overijse
1978: 1st National cyclo-cross championships Amateurs; 1st Druivencross Overijse
1979: 2nd Druivencross Overijse; 3rd Superprestige Diegem
1980: 1st World cyclo-cross championship; 1st Belgian Cyclo-cross championship; 1st Jaarmarktcross Niel; 1st Superprestige Diegem; 1st Druivencross Overijse; 1st Trofeo Mamma & Papà Guerciotti
1981: 1st Belgian Cyclo-cross championship; 1st Druivencross Overijse; 2nd World cyclo-cross championship; 3rd Superprestige Diegem
1982: 1st World cyclo-cross championship; 1st Belgian Cyclo-cross championship; 1st Jaarmarktcross Niel; 1st Superprestige Diegem; 1st Druivencross Overijse; 3rd Duinencross Koksijde
1983: 1st World cyclo-cross championship; 1st Belgian Cyclo-cross championship; 1st Jaarmarktcross Niel; 1st Superprestige Diegem; 1st Druivencross Overijse; 1st Cyclocross Valkenswaard; 1st Radquer Steinmaur
1984: 1st World cyclo-cross championship; 1st Belgian Cyclo-cross championship; 1st Azencross Loenhout; 1st Superprestige Diegem; 1st Cyclo-cross Gavere; 1st Druivencross Overijse; 1st Trofeo Mamma & Papà Guerciotti; 1st Cyclocross Roma; 1st Cyclocross Oss; 1st Cyclocross Zillebeke; 2nd Cyclocross Zürich-Waid; 2nd Cyclocross Valkenswaard
1985: 1st Belgian Cyclo-cross championship; 1st Azencross Loenhout; 1st Jaarmarktcross Niel; 1st Superprestige Diegem; 1st Druivencross Overijse; 1st Superprestige Gieten; 1st Trofeo Mamma & Papà Guerciotti; 1st Duinencross Koksijde; 1st Cyclo-cross Superprestige 1984-85; 2nd Cyclocross Oss; 3rd Cyclocross Valkenswaard
1986: 1st Belgian Cyclo-cross championship; 1st Superprestige Diegem; 1st Druivencross Overijse; 1st Cyclo-cross Superprestige 1985-86; 1st Duinencross Koksijde; 2nd Jaarmarktcross Niel; 2nd Cyclo-cross Gavere; 2nd Cyclocross Zillebeke
1987: 1st Belgian Cyclo-cross championship; 1st Jaarmarktcross Niel; 1st Superprestige Diegem; 1st Druivencross Overijse; 1st Superprestige Gieten; 1st Cyclocross Rijkevorsel; 1st Cyclocross Zarautz; 1st Cyclocross Roma; 2nd Cyclocross Oss
1988: 1st Belgian Cyclo-cross championship; 1st Superprestige Diegem; 1st Cyclo-cross Gavere; 1st Cyclocross Wetzikon; 1st Cyclocross Zillebeke; 1st Cyclocross Azencross Loenhout; 1st Cyclo-cross Superprestige 1987-88; 2nd Jaarmarktcross Niel
1989: 1st Cyclocross Harnes
1990: 1st Belgian Cyclo-cross championship; 1st Cyclocross Essen; 2nd Druivencross Overijse

References

^ "Remco Evenepoel wint Vélo 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

Roland Liboton at Cycling Archives
Roland Liboton at ProCyclingStats
Roland Liboton at CycleBase
Roland Liboton at InterSportStats
Roland Liboton bio at UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships
Guerciotti Team

[1] "Remco Evenepoel wint Vélo d'Or". Het Nieuwsblad (in Dutch). 2 December 2022.

[2] Van de Gejuchte, Dirk & Sergent, Pascal: "La Gloire Dans Les Labours". Editions de Eecloonaar, 1996. Retrieved 29 June 2007.

[3] "Home >> Riders>>Roland Liboton". cyclocross24.com. 18 May 2024.

[4] "Roland Liboton". FirstCycling.com. 2022.

[eurosport374-5] "The Cycling Hall of Fame: Eddy Merckx". Rouleur.

[6] Guns, Jeroen (25 August 2023). "Roland Liboton is blij met Aarschots ereburgerschap, maar: "Ik had het al vroeger verwacht"". Sporza (in Dutch).

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UCI Cyclo-cross World Champions – Men's elite race
1950–1959	1950: Jean Robic (FRA) 1951: Roger Rondeaux (FRA) 1952: Roger Rondeaux (FRA) 1953: Roger Rondeaux (FRA) 1954: André Dufraisse (FRA) 1955: André Dufraisse (FRA) 1956: André Dufraisse (FRA) 1957: André Dufraisse (FRA) 1958: André Dufraisse (FRA) 1959: Renato Longo (ITA)
1960–1979	1960: Rolf Wolfshohl (GER) 1961: Rolf Wolfshohl (GER) 1962: Renato Longo (ITA) 1963: Rolf Wolfshohl (GER) 1964: Renato Longo (ITA) 1965: Renato Longo (ITA) 1966: Erik De Vlaeminck (BEL) 1967: Renato Longo (ITA) 1968: Erik De Vlaeminck (BEL) 1969: Erik De Vlaeminck (BEL) 1970: Erik De Vlaeminck (BEL) 1971: Erik De Vlaeminck (BEL) 1972: Erik De Vlaeminck (BEL) 1973: Erik De Vlaeminck (BEL) 1974: Albert Van Damme (BEL) 1975: Roger De Vlaeminck (BEL) 1976: Albert Zweifel (SUI) 1977: Albert Zweifel (SUI) 1978: Albert Zweifel (SUI) 1979: Albert Zweifel (SUI)
1980–1999	1980: Roland Liboton (BEL) 1981: Hennie Stamsnijder (NED) 1982: Roland Liboton (BEL) 1983: Roland Liboton (BEL) 1984: Roland Liboton (BEL) 1985: Klaus-Peter Thaler (GER) 1986: Albert Zweifel (SUI) 1987: Klaus-Peter Thaler (GER) 1988: Pascal Richard (SUI) 1989: Danny De Bie (BEL) 1990: Henk Baars (NED) 1991: Radomír Šimůnek (CZE) 1992: Mike Kluge (GER) 1993: Dominique Arnould (FRA) 1994: Paul Herygers (BEL) 1995: Dieter Runkel (SUI) 1996: Adri van der Poel (NED) 1997: Daniele Pontoni (ITA) 1998: Mario De Clercq (BEL) 1999: Mario De Clercq (BEL)
2000–2019	2000: Richard Groenendaal (NED) 2001: Erwin Vervecken (BEL) 2002: Mario De Clercq (BEL) 2003: Bart Wellens (BEL) 2004: Bart Wellens (BEL) 2005: Sven Nys (BEL) 2006: Erwin Vervecken (BEL) 2007: Erwin Vervecken (BEL) 2008: Lars Boom (NED) 2009: Niels Albert (BEL) 2010: Zdeněk Štybar (CZE) 2011: Zdeněk Štybar (CZE) 2012: Niels Albert (BEL) 2013: Sven Nys (BEL) 2014: Zdeněk Štybar (CZE) 2015: Mathieu van der Poel (NED) 2016: Wout van Aert (BEL) 2017: Wout van Aert (BEL) 2018: Wout van Aert (BEL) 2019: Mathieu van der Poel (NED)
2020–2039	2020: Mathieu van der Poel (NED) 2021: Mathieu van der Poel (NED) 2022: Tom Pidcock (GBR) 2023: Mathieu van der Poel (NED) 2024: Mathieu van der Poel (NED) 2025: Mathieu van der Poel (NED) 2026: Mathieu van der Poel (NED)

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) Thibau Nys (2025–2026)