Brussels Cycling Classic
The Brussels Cycling Classic (English, German: Brussels cycling classic; until 2012: Paris – Brussels , nld .: Parijs – Brussel , French: Paris – Bruxelles ) is one of the oldest classic one-day races in cycling that still exists today . The race, which originally ran from Paris to Brussels, took place for the first time in 1893 and has been held annually since 1906 with a few interruptions.
The Paris – Brussels race was held at the end of April until 1966, and it was considered one of the most important spring classics in cycling. After a break of six years, the race resumed in 1973 and has been held in September ever since. Today the race is considered a "semi-classic" and is classified by the UCI World Cycling Association in the "1.HC" category , the highest category below the UCI WorldTour .
The length of the race has been shortened over the years: in the beginning it was well over 400 km long, in 1987 it was still around 300 km and is now held over around 200 km. Therefore, the start from Paris – Brussels no longer took place in Paris, but in the meantime around 85 km northeast in Soissons . After the start was moved to Brussels in 2013, the race bears its current name.
The record winner of the race, which has long been dominated by Belgians, is Australian Robbie McEwen (2002, 2005-08) with five successes . The French Octave Lapize (1911-13) and the Belgian Félix Sellier (1922-24) follow with three wins each . The German winners are Rolf Gölz in 1988, André Greipel in 2013 and 2014 and Pascal Ackermann in 2018.
winner
- 2019 Caleb Ewan
- 2018 Pascal Ackermann
- 2017 Arnaud Démare
- 2016 Tom Boonen
- 2015 Dylan Groenewegen
- 2014 André Greipel
- 2013 André Greipel
- 2012 Tom Boonen
- 2011 Denis Galimsyanov
- 2010 Francisco José Ventoso
- 2009 Matthew Goss
- 2008 Robbie McEwen
- 2007 Robbie McEwen
- 2006 Robbie McEwen
- 2005 Robbie McEwen
- 2004 Nick Nuyens
- 2003 Kim Kirchen
- 2002 Robbie McEwen
- 2001 Emmanuel Magnien
- 2000 Max van Heeswijk
- 1999 Romāns Vainšteins
- 1998 Stefano Zanini
- 1997 Alessandro Bertolini
- 1996 Andrea Tafi
- 1995 Frank Vandenbroucke
- 1994 Rolf Sørensen
- 1993 Francis Moreau
- 1992 Rolf Sørensen
- 1991 Brian Holm
- 1990 Franco Ballerini
- 1989 Jelle Nijdam
- 1988 Rolf Gölz
- 1987 Wim Arras
- 1986 Guido Bontempi
- 1985 Adrie van der Poel
- 1984 Eric Vanderaerden
- 1983 Tommy Prim
- 1982 Jacques Hanegraaf
- 1981 Roger De Vlaeminck
- 1980 Pierino Gavazzi
- 1979 Ludo Peeters
- 1978 Jan Raas
- 1977 Ludo Peeters
- 1976 Felice Gimondi
- 1975 Freddy Maertens
- 1974 Marc Demeyer
- 1973 Eddy Merckx
- 1967–1972 not held
- 1966 Felice Gimondi
- 1965 Edward Sels
- 1964 Georges Van Coningsloo
- 1963 Jean Stablinski
- 1962 Joseph Wouters
- 1961 Pino Cerami
- 1960 Pierre Everaert
- 1959 Frans Schoubben
- 1958 Rik Van Looy
- 1957 Leon Vandaele
- 1956 Rik Van Looy
- 1955 Marcel Hendrickx
- 1954 Marcel Hendrickx
- 1953 Loretto Petrucci
- 1952 Albéric Schotte
- 1951 Jean Gueguen
- 1950 Rik Van Steenbergen
- 1949 Maurice Diot
- 1948 Lode Poels
- 1947 Ernest Sterckx
- 1946 Albéric Schotte
- 1940–1945 not held
- 1939 Frans Bonduel
- 1938 Marcel Kint
- 1937 Albert Beckaert
- 1936 Eloi Meulenberg
- 1935 Edgard De Caluwé
- 1934 Frans Bonduel
- 1933 Albert Barthelemy
- 1932 Julien Vervaecke
- 1931 Jean Aerts
- 1930 Ernest Mottard
- 1929 Pe Verhaegen
- 1928 Georges Ronsse
- 1927 Nicolas Frantz
- 1926 Denis Verschueren
- 1925 Gerard Debaets
- 1924 Félix Sellier
- 1923 Félix Sellier
- 1922 Félix Sellier
- 1921 Robert Raboul
- 1920 Henri Pélissier
- 1919 Alexis Michiels
- 1915–1918 not held
- 1914 Louis Mottiat
- 1913 Octave Lapize
- 1912 Octave Lapize
- 1911 Octave Lapize
- 1910 Maurice Brocco
- 1909 François Faber
- 1908 Lucien Petit-Breton
- 1907 Gustave Garrigou
- 1906 Albert Dupont
- 1894–1905 not held
- 1893 André Henry
Web links
- Official website
- Brussels Cycling Classic in the Radsportseiten.net database