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Roland Liboton

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. He also won the Superprestige in 1985, 1986 and 1988. In total, Liboton won 65 major cyclo-cross races.

Liboton also occasionally competed in road races, having ridden in the 1981 Tour de France. He retired from professional competition in 1992.

In 2002, Roland Liboton was introduced in the UCI Cycling Hall of Fame

Liboton became an honorary citizen of Aarschot, Belgium in 2023.

Major results

Cyclo-cross

1975–1976
1st National Junior Championships
1977–1978
1st UCI World Amateur Championships
1st National Amateur Championships
1st Overijse II
2nd Overijse I
1978–1979
2nd Overijse I
1979–1980
1st UCI World Championships
1st National Championships
1st Overijse II
2nd Overijse I
3rd Diegem
1980–1981
1st National Championships
1st Overijse I
1st Overijse II
1st Niel
1st Diegem
1st Zürich-Waid
2nd UCI World Championships
2nd
3rd Gavere
1981–1982
1st UCI World Championships
1st National Championships
1st Overijse I
1st Overijse II
2nd Zürich-Waid
3rd Diegem
1982–1983
1st UCI World Championships
1st National Championships
Superprestige
:1st Diegem
:1st Overijse
1st Niel
1st Overijse
2nd Wetzikon
3rd Koksijde
1983–1984
1st UCI World Championships
1st National Championships
Superprestige
:1st Valkenswaard
:1st Overijse
:1st Diegem
:1st Zillebeke
:1st Gavere
:1st Overijse
1st Niel
1st
1st Wetzikon
1984–1985
1st National Championships
1st Overall Superprestige
:1st Roma
:1st Oss
:1st Diegem
:2nd Zürich-Waid
:2nd Valkenswaard
1st Overijse
1985–1986
1st National Championships
1st Overall Superprestige
:1st Overijse
:1st Diegem
:2nd Oss
:2nd Zillebeke
:2nd Gavere
:3rd Valkenswaard
1st Gieten
1st Niel
1st Koksijde
1st Loenhout
1986–1987
1st National Championships
Superprestige
:1st Diegem
:3rd Overijse
1st Koksijde
1st Overijse
2nd Niel
1987–1988
1st National Championships
1st Overall Superprestige
:1st Zarautz
:1st Roma
:1st Overijse
:1st Diegem
:1st Gavere
:1st Wetzikon
:1st Zillebeke
:2nd Oss
1st Gieten
1st Niel
1988–1989
1st National Championships
Superprestige
:1st Diegem
1st Loenhout
2nd Niel
1989–1990
2nd National Championships

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