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 Steinmaur 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 Steinmaur 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