Grote Prijs Marcel Kint
The Grote Prijs Marcel Kint is a cycling race that has been held every September in the Belgian city of Zwevegem since 1930 . The race is named after the cyclist Marcel Kint , who died in 2002 and was road world champion from 1938 . The race has been classified in UCI category 1.2 since 2016 and is part of the UCI Europe Tour .
Initially the race was called Grote Prijs van Zwevegem , in 1942 it was named after Marcel Kint, who came from the town. In 1965, 1966 and 1967 it was held as a criterion . In 1966 there was also a race behind Dernys , which was won by the British Tom Simpson . The events in 1987 and 1988 were national competitions with longer distances than usual.
With Marcel Kint himself (1935) and Baptiste Planckaert (2011 and 2015) two cyclists born in Zwevegem have won the race so far. The record winner with four successes is Jef Planckaert .
List of winners
- 1930 Adolf Van Bruaene
- 1935 Marcel Kint
- 1936 Michel D'Hooghe
- 1937 Albert Beirnaert
- 1938 Frans Binnemans
- 1942 Jef Vande Weghe
- 1947 Albert Paepe
- 1948 Roger Cnockaert
- 1949 Valère Ollivier
- 1950 Valère Ollivier
- 1951 Basiel Wambeke
- 1952 Willem Labaere
- 1953 Willy Geers
- 1954 Russell Mockridge
- 1955 Georges Decraeye
- 1956 Jef Planckaert
- 1957 Staf Van Vaerenbergh
- 1958 Jef Planckaert
- 1959 Gilbert Desmet I
- 1960 Arthur De Cabooter
- 1961 Jef Planckaert
- 1962 Jef Planckaert
- 1963 Norbert Kerckhove
- 1964 Frans Melckenbeeck
- 1965 Ward Sels
- 1966 Roland Van De Rijse
- 1967 Noël Van Clooster
- 1968 not held
- 1969 André Dierickx
- 1970 Willy Van Neste
- 1971 Guido Reybrouck
- 1972 Christian Callens
- 1973 Frans Verbeeck
- 1974 Willy Van Neste
- 1975 Ronald De Witte
- 1976 José Vanackere
- 1977 Willy Planckaert
- 1978 Alain Desaever
- 1979 Lieven Malfait
- 1980 Patrick Devos
- 1981 Willy Teirlinck
- 1982 Dirk Heirweg
- 1983 Luc Meersman
- 1984 Eddy Planckaert
- 1985 Franky Van Oyen
- 1986 Roger Ilegems
- 1987 Frank Pirard
- 1988 Franky Pattyn
- 1989 Ludo Giesberts
- 1990 Ludo Giesberts
- 1991 Marnix Lameire
- 1992 Ferdi Dierickx
- 1993 Michel Vermote
- 1994 Wim Omloop
- 1995 Eklundh is different
- 1996 Danny Daelman
- 1997 Peter Van Petegem
- 1998 Bart Heirewegh
- 1999 Adrie van der Poel
- 2000 Eric De Clercq
- 2001 Jan van Velzen
- 2002 Gordon McCauley
- 2003 Aivaras Baranauskas
- 2004 Frank Vandenbroucke
- 2005 Frank Vandenbroucke
- 2006 Kevin Van der Slagmolen
- 2007 Geert Omloop
- 2008 Niko Eeckhout
- 2009 David Geldhof
- 2010 not held
- 2011 Baptiste Planckaert
- 2012 Ramūnas Navardauskas
- 2013 Iljo Keisse
- 2014 Brian van Goethem
- 2015 Baptiste Planckaert
- 2016 Jan-Willem van Schip
- 2017 Jonas Rickaert
- 2018 Nacer Bouhanni
- 2019 Bryan Coquard
- 2020 canceled / postponed due to corona pandemic
Web links
- Grote Prijs Marcel Kint in the Radsportseiten.net database