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The Ardennes Double - winning the Liège - Bastogne - Liège and the Flèche Wallone in the same year - has been acommplished on five occasions: Ferdi Kübler in 1951 and 1952; Stan Ockers in 1955; Eddy Merckx in 1972 and Moreno Argentin in 1991.
Between 1950 and 1964, the two races took place on successive days with a combined classification, "Le Weekend Ardennais". The winners were as follows:
| 1950 | Raymond Impanis | |
| 1951 | Ferdi Kübler | |
| 1952 | Ferdi Kübler | |
| 1953 | Storms | |
| 1954 | Marcel Ernzer | |
| 1955 | Stan Ockers | |
| 1956 | Richard Van Genechten | |
| 1957 | Frans Schouben | |
| 1958 | Fred De Bruyne | |
| 1959 | Frans Schouben | |
| 1960 | Ab Geldermans | |
| 1961 | Rik Van Looy | |
| 1962 | Jo Planckaert | |
| 1963 | Raymond Poulidor | |
| 1964 | Willi Bocklandt |
Tommy Simpson was 6th in 1961, and would have been the winner in 1965, but the competition had been discontinued. Alan Ramsbottom was 6th in 1963.
| 1892 | Léon Houa (Note 1) | |
| 1893 | Léon Houa (Note 1) | |
| 1894 | Léon Houa (Notes 1 and 2) | |
| 1895 - 1907 | Not held | |
| 1908 | André Trousselier (Note 1) | |
| 1909 | Victor Fastré (Note 1) | |
| 1910 | Not held | |
| 1911 | Joseph Van Daele (Note 1) and Lekeux (Note 3) | |
| 1912 | Omar Verschoore (Note 3), Jean Rossius and Dieudonné Gauthy | |
| 1913 | Maurits Moritz (Note 3) | |
| 1914 | Not held | |
| 1915 | Not held | |
| 1916 | Not held | |
| 1917 | Not held | |
| 1918 | Not held | |
| 1919 | Léon De Vos | |
| 1920 | Léon Scieur | |
| 1921 | Louis Mottiat | |
| 1922 | Louis Mottiat | |
| 1923 | René Vermandel | |
| 1924 | René Vermandel | |
| 1925 | Georges Ronsse (Note 3) | |
| 1926 | Dieudonné Smets (Note 3) | |
| 1927 | Maurice Raes (Note 3) | |
| 1928 | Ernest Mottard (Note 3) | |
| 1929 | Alfons Schepers (Note 3) | |
| 1930 | Herman Buse | |
| 1931 | Alfons Schepers | |
| 1932 | Marcel Houyoux | |
| 1933 | François Gardier | |
| 1934 | Theo Herckenrath | |
| 1935 | Alfons Schepers | |
| 1936 | Albert Beckaert | |
| 1937 | Eloi Meulenberg | |
| 1938 | Gustave Deloor | |
| 1939 | Albert Ritserveldt | |
| 1940 | Not held | |
| 1941 | Not held | |
| 1942 | Not held | |
| 1943 | Richard Depoorter | |
| 1944 | Not held | |
| 1945 | Jean Engels | |
| 1946 | Richard Depredhomme | |
| 1947 | Richard Depoorter | |
| 1948 | Maurice Molin | |
| 1949 | Camille Danguillaume | |
| 1950 | Richard Depredhomme | |
| 1951 | Ferdi Kübler | |
| 1952 | Ferdi Kübler | |
| 1953 | Albert De Hertog | |
| 1954 | Marcel Ernzer | |
| 1955 | Stan Ockers | |
| 1956 | Fred De Bruyne | |
| 1957 | Germain Derycke & Frans Schouben, tied (Note 4) | |
| 1958 | Fred De Bruyne | |
| 1959 | Fred De Bruyne | |
| 1960 | Ab Geldermans | |
| 1961 | Rik Van Looy | |
| 1962 | Jo Planckaert | |
| 1963 | Frans Melckenbeeck | |
| 1964 | Willi Bocklandt | |
| 1965 | Carmine Preziosi | |
| 1966 | Jacques Anquetil | |
| 1967 | Walter Godefroot | |
| 1968 | Valerie Van Sweevelt | |
| 1969 | Eddy Merckx | |
| 1970 | Roger De Vlaeminck | |
| 1971 | Eddy Merckx | |
| 1972 | Eddy Merckx (Note 5) | |
| 1973 | Eddy Merckx | |
| 1974 | Georges Pintens | |
| 1975 | Eddy Merckx | |
| 1976 | Jos Bruyère | |
| 1977 | Bernard Hinault | |
| 1978 | Jos Bruyère | |
| 1979 | Dietrich Thurau | |
| 1980 | Bernard Hinault | |
| 1981 | Joseph Fuchs | |
| 1982 | Silvano Contini | |
| 1983 | Steven Rooks | |
| 1984 | Sean Kelly | |
| 1985 | Moreno Argentin | |
| 1986 | Moreno Argentin | |
| 1987 | Moreno Argentin | |
| 1988 | Adri Van Der Poel | |
| 1989 | Sean Kelly | |
| 1990 | Eric Van Lancker | |
| 1991 | Moreno Argentin | |
| 1992 | Dirk De Wolf | |
| 1993 | Rolf Sorensen | |
| 1994 | Evgeni Berzin | |
| 1995 | Mauro Gianetti | |
| 1996 | Pascal Richard | |
| 1997 | Michele Bartoli | |
| 1998 | Michele Bartoli | |
| 1999 | Frank Vandenbroucke, Cofidis | |
| 2000 | Paolo Bettini, Mapei - Quick Step | |
| 2001 | Oskar Camenzind, Lampre |