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Belgian one-day road cycling race From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Gent–Wevelgem U23 / Kattekoers-Ieper is a European single day cycle race held in the Belgian region of Flanders.[1] As of 2011, the race is organized as a 1.2 event on the UCI Europe Tour.[2] The race is considered to be the under-23 version of the Gent–Wevelgem classic.[3]
Race details | |
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Date | April |
Region | Flanders, Belgium |
Local name(s) | Kattekoers (in Dutch) |
Discipline | Road |
Competition | UCI Europe Tour |
Type | One-day race |
Web site | www |
History | |
First edition | 1934 |
Editions | 82 (as of 2024) |
First winner | Alfons Ghesquière (BEL) |
Most wins | Stefaan Vermeersch (BEL) (3 wins) |
Most recent | Huub Artz (NED) |
The Kattekoers was created in 1934, initially as The three belfry cities. The race started in Ghent, passed Bruges and ended in Ypres, three cities which have a belfry, hence the name.[4] More recently, the starting location has been changed to Deinze instead of Ghent.
Year | Country | Rider | Team | |
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1934 | Belgium | Alfons Ghesquière | ||
1935 | Belgium | Filemond Demeersseman | ||
1936 | Belgium | Marcel Meerenhout | ||
1937 | Belgium | Marcel Kint | ||
1938 | Belgium | Aloïs Delchambre | ||
1939 | Belgium | Leon Kint | ||
1940– 1945 |
No race | |||
1946 | Belgium | Pol Verhaeghe | ||
1947 | Belgium | Omer Porte | ||
1948 | Belgium | Gerard Deschacht | ||
1949 | Belgium | Maurits Joye | ||
1950 | Belgium | Gentil Vermeersch | ||
1951 | Belgium | André Noyelle | ||
1952 | Belgium | Jos Parmentier | ||
1953 | Belgium | Albert Eloot | ||
1954 | Belgium | Emiel Van Cauter | ||
1955 | Belgium | Jos Verhelst | ||
1956 | Belgium | Piet Dejongh | ||
1957 | Belgium | René Muylle | ||
1958 | No race | |||
1959 | Belgium | Wim Vandenbroeck | ||
1960 | Belgium | Robert Lelangue | ||
1961 | Belgium | Gilbert Lingier | ||
1962 | Belgium | Willy Stevens | ||
1963 | Belgium | Jos Spruyt | ||
1964 | Belgium | Herman Vanloo | ||
1965 | Belgium | Noël Van Clooster | ||
1966 | Belgium | Leo Vandam | ||
1967 | Belgium | Jos Vanmechele | ||
1969 | Belgium | Emile Cambre | ||
1970 | Belgium | Ludo Vander Linden | ||
1971 | Belgium | Theo Dockx | ||
1972 | Belgium | José Vanacker | ||
1973 | Belgium | René Dillen | ||
1975 | Belgium | Franky Degendt | ||
1976 | Belgium | Pol Clinckaert | ||
1977 | Belgium | Fons Dewolf | ||
1978 | Belgium | Walter Schoonjans | ||
1979 | Belgium | Eddy Planckaert | ||
1980 | Belgium | Eddy Planckaert | ||
1981 | Belgium | Jos Liekens | ||
1982 | Belgium | Rudy Delehouzee | ||
1983 | Belgium | Frank Verleyen | ||
1984 | Belgium | Patrick Verplancke | ||
1985 | Belgium | Patrick Verplancke | ||
1986 | Belgium | Walter Vandenbrande | ||
1987 | Belgium | Johny Dauwe | ||
1988 | Belgium | Patrick Hendrickx | ||
1989 | Belgium | Chris Lefever | ||
1990 | Belgium | Claude de Bodt | ||
1991 | Belgium | Daniël Verelst | ||
1992 | Belgium | Niko Eeckhout | ||
1993 | Belgium | Stefaan Vermeersch | ||
1994 | Belgium | Robby Vandaele | ||
1995 | Belgium | Yves Seghers | ||
1996 | Belgium | Jürgen Vermeersch | ||
1997 | Belgium | Karl Vereecke | ||
1998 | Netherlands | Coen Boerman | ||
1999 | Belgium | Kevin Hulsmans | ||
2000 | Belgium | Bert Dewaele | ||
2001 | Belgium | Stefaan Vermeersch | ||
2002 | Australia | Sean Sullivan | ||
2003 | Belgium | Kenny Lisabeth | ||
2004 | Belgium | Stefaan Vermeersch | ||
2005 | Belgium | Frank Van Kuik | ||
2006 | Belgium | Greg Van Avermaet | ||
2007 | Belgium | Sébastien Delfosse | ||
2008 | Belgium | Ken Vanmarcke | ||
2009 | Belgium | Sander Armée | Beveren 2000 | |
2010 | Belgium | Fréderique Robert | PWS Eijssen | |
2011 | Belgium | Jonas Vangenechten | Wallonie Bruxelles–Crédit Agricole | |
2012 | Belgium | Roy Jans | An Post–Sean Kelly | |
2013 | Belgium | Jérôme Baugnies | ToWin-Josan Cycling Team | |
2014 | Poland | Łukasz Wiśniowski | Etixx | |
2015 | Belgium | Baptiste Planckaert | Roubaix–Lille Métropole | |
2016 | Denmark | Mads Pedersen | Denmark (national team) | |
2017 | Great Britain | Jacob Hennessy | Great Britain (national team) | |
2018 | Slovenia | Žiga Jerman | Slovenia (national team) | |
2019 | Germany | Jonas Rutsch | Germany (national team) | |
2020– 2021 |
No race | |||
2022 | Great Britain | Samuel Watson | Great Britain (national team) | |
2023 | Belgium | Gil Gelders | Soudal–Quick-Step Devo Team | |
2024 | Netherlands | Huub Artz | Wanty–ReUz–Technord |
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