Grand Prix de Wallonie

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Grand Prix de Wallonie

Race details
Date	Mid-September
Region	Wallonia, Belgium
English name	Grand Prix of Wallonia
Local name(s)	Grand Prix de Wallonie (French)
Discipline	Road
Competition	UCI Europe Tour
Type	Single-day
History
First edition	1935
Editions	38 (as of 2007)
First winner	Gustaaf Degreef
Most wins	Adolf Braeckeveldt (3 wins)
Most recent	Bert De Waele

The Grand Prix de Wallonie is an annual road bicycle race held annually in the Walloon Region, Belgium. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour.

[edit] Palmarès

Rider Team 1935 Gustaaf Degreef 1936 Adolf Braeckeveldt 1937 Karel Tersago 1938 Adolf Braeckeveldt 1939 Adolf Braeckeveldt 1940- 1941 No race 1942 Maurice Van Herzele 1943 Edward Van Dijck 1944 Joseph Somers 1945- 1947 No race 1948 Jacques Geus 1949- 1969 No race 1970 Ferdinand Bracke 1971 Felice Gimondi 1972 Emile Cambré 1973 Albert Van Vlierberghe 1974 Frans Verbeeck 1975 André Dierickx 1976 Herman Van Springel 1977 Walter Planckaert 1978 Willem Peeters 1979 Leo van Vliet 1980 Willy De Geest 1981 Walter Dalgal

Rider Team 1982 Hennie Kuiper 1983 Stephen Roche 1984 Frank Hoste 1985 Marc Madiot 1986 Steven Rooks 1987 Pascal Poisson 1988 Claude Criquielion 1989 Thomas Wegmüller 1990 Luc Leblanc 1991 Frank Van Den Abeele 1992 Danny Nelissen 1993 Patrick Evenepoel 1994 Peter Farazijn 1995 Andrea Chiurato 1996 Franco Ballerini 1997 Dmitri Konysjev 1998 Udo Bölts 1999 Patrick Jonker 2000 Alberto Elli 2001 Axel Merckx 2002 Dave Bruylandts 2003 Dave Bruylandts 2004 Nick Nuyens 2005 Nick Nuyens 2006 Philippe Gilbert 2007 Bert De Waele

[edit] External links

• Official website (French)