Grote Prijs Jef Scherens

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Grote Prijs Jef Scherens

Race details
Date	Early September
Region	Leuven, Belgium
English name	Grand Prix Jef Scherens
Local name(s)	Grote Prijs Jef Scherens (Dutch)
Discipline	Road race
Competition	UCI Europe Tour
Type	Single-day
History
First edition	1963
Editions	41 (as of 2007)
First winner	Marcel Vanden Bogaert
Most wins	Frans Verbeeck (4 wins)
Most recent	Bram Tankink

Grote Prijs Jef Scherens is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in September in Leuven, Belgium. Since 2005, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. The race is named after the seven-time professional sprint world champion Jef Scherens.

[edit] Winners

Rider Team 1963 Marcel Vanden Bogaert 1964 Norbert Kerckhove 1965 Fernand Deferm 1966 Herman van Springel 1967 Robert Lelangue 1969 Frans Verbeeck 1970 Frans Verbeeck 1971 Frans Verbeeck 1973 Jan van Katwijk 1974 Freddy Maertens 1975 Freddy Maertens 1976 Frans Verbeeck 1977 Walter Planckaert 1978 Frans Van Looy 1979 Marcel Laurens 1980 Ludo Delcroix 1981 Jan Raas 1982 Rudy Mathys 1983 Adri van der Poel 1984 Ronny van Holen 1985 Jozef Lieckens

Rider Team 1986 Jozef Lieckens 1987 Ronny van Holen 1990 Wilfried Peeters 1991 Wilco Zuyderwijk 1992 Hendrik Redant 1993 Frans Maassen 1994 Mauro Bettin 1995 Erik Dekker 1996 Jans Koerts 1997 Stéphane Hennebert 1998 Jo Planckaert 1999 Marc Streel 2000 Dave Bruylandts 2001 Niko Eeckhout 2002 Andreas Klier 2003 Thor Hushovd 2004 Allan Johansen 2005 Joost Posthuma 2006 Marcel Sieberg 2007 Bram Tankink

[edit] External links

• Official Website (Dutch)