Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen

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Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen

Race details
Date	Mid September
Region	West Flanders, Belgium
English name	Championship of Flanders
Local name(s)	Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen (Dutch)
Discipline	Road race
Competition	UCI Europe Tour
Type	Single-day
History
First edition	1908
Editions	91 (as of 2006)
First winner	Robert Wancour
Most recent	Nico Eeckhout

Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in September in West Flanders, Belgium. Since 2005, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour.

[edit] Winners

Rider Team 1908 Robert Wancour 1909 Robert Wancour 1910 Odile Defraye 1911 Leon Buysse 1912 Abel De Vogelaere 1913 René Anno 1914- 1918 No race 1919 Jules Van Hevel 1920 Jules Van Hevel 1921 Pierre Vandevelde 1922 Alfons Van Hecke 1923 Julien Volbrecht 1924 Léon Devos 1925 Aimé Dossche 1926 Henri De Jaegher 1927 Léopold-Albert Matton 1928 Aimé Dossche 1929 Maurits Raes 1930 Alfred Haemerlinck 1931 Aimé Dossche 1932 Gerard Desmet 1933 Gerard Desmet 1934 Constant Van Impe 1935 Marcel Kint 1936 Julien Heernaert 1937 Marcel Claeys 1938 Sylvain Grysolle 1939 No race 1940 No race 1941 Briek Schotte 1942 Robert Van Eenaeme 1943 Rik Van Steenbergen 1944 No race 1945 Sylvain Grysolle 1946 Achiel De Backer 1947 Albert Paepe 1948 Emmanuel Thoma 1949 Emile Van Der Veken 1950 Maurice Blomme 1951 Roger Decock 1952 Arsène Rijckaert 1953 Leon Delathouwer 1954 Briek Schotte 1955 Leon Delathouwer 1956 Léon Vandaele 1957 Léon Vandaele 1958 Léon Vandaele

Rider Team 1959 Rik Van Looy 1960 Gilbert Desmet 1961 Frans Demulder 1962 André Messelis 1963 Gustave Van Vaerenbergh 1964 Gustaaf Desmet 1965 Palle Lykke Jensen 1966 Eddy Merckx 1967 Gerard Vianen 1968 Jos Huysmans 1969 Eric De Vlaeminck 1970 Noël Van Clooster 1971 Eric Leman 1972 Patrick Sercu 1973 Herman Vrijders 1974 Freddy Maertens 1975 Jos Huysmans 1976 Freddy Maertens 1977 Frans Verhaegen 1978 Daniel Willems 1979 Fons van Katwijk 1980 Theo de Rooy 1981 Patrick Versluys 1982 Gery Verlinden 1983 Patrick Devos 1984 Rudy Matthijs 1985 Eddy Vanhaerens 1986 Frank Van De Vijver 1987 Dirk Heirweg 1988 Marnix Lameire 1989 Etienne De Wilde 1990 Hendrik Redant 1991 Johan Museeuw 1992 Rik Van Slycke 1993 Sammie Moreels 1994 Jelle Nijdam 1995 Johan Museeuw 1996 Nico Eeckhout 1997 Peter Van Petegem 1998 Nico Eeckhout 1999 Michel Vanhaecke 2000 Nico Eeckhout 2001 Paul Van Hyfte 2002 Baden Cooke 2004 Jimmy Casper 2005 Sergey Lagutin 2006 Nico Eeckhout

[edit] External links

• Official Website