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Wetteren hosted 31 times the arrival, from 1928 to 1941 and from 1945 to 1961.
Mayor J. Duchâteau of Wetteren promoted to his good friend Karel Van Wijnendaele for an arrival in Wetteren, and successfully. In 1928, the Ronde arrived for the first time on Jan Broeckaertlaan. Karel Van Wijnendaele originally planned to choose another arrival every ten years. His friendship with Duchâteau ensured that Wetteren was allowed to receive the Ronde for a much longer period.
The first Ronde in Wetteren was a huge success. An estimated 22,000 to 25,000 spectators were on the route of the Félix Beernaertsplein until the finish on the Jan Broeckaertlaan, in rows of 6 to 10 men in succession.
Winner Fiorenzi Magni (1950)
The pubs were overcrowded and the beer wagons drove all day, over and over again. Some of the inhabitants owing a car followed the whole Ronde and arrived half an hour before the riders in Wetteren with news about the course of the race, because there was no news on the radio at the time. When the first riders were arriving they were announced a few minutes in advance by an official car in which the occupants indicated with the fingers how many riders were at the forefront.
The many editions thereafter brought a very large mass on the streets. It is remarkable every time so many Wetteren inhabitants came to see. At every arrival in Wetteren, the population lived fully with the Ronde. The Ronde had (and has) a prominent place in the hearts of the Wetteren inhabitants.
The cobblestones of the Jan Broeckaertlaan are most known for the Arrival place (1928-1941 and 1945-1951). Then the finish moved to the Warandelaan (1952-1957 & 1961) and the Markt (1958-1960). Wetteren counted many mastery winners, including Achiel Buysse, Rik Van Steenbergen, Briek Schotte, Fiorenzi Magni, Raymond Impanis, Louison Bobet, Alfred De Bruyne, Germain De Rycke, Rik Van Looy and Tom Simpson.
In 2009, Wetteren was elected "village of the Round" under the impulse of Mr. Freddy De Geest.