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Race details | |
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Date | March / April |
Region | Belgium |
English name | Pajot Hills Classic (2016–2017) |
Discipline | Road |
Competition | 1.2 (2016–2017) 1.1 (2018–2021) 1.Pro (2022–) |
Organiser | Flanders Classics |
History | |
First edition | 2016 |
Editions | 9 (as of 2024) |
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The Brabantse Pijl is an elite women's professional one-day road bicycle race held in Belgium and is currently rated by the UCI as a 1.Pro race. [1]
During the 2016 and 2017 seasons the race was known as the Pajot Hills Classic, however this was changed for the 2018 season (along with the events UCI rating) - aligning the event with that of the men's. [2] [3] It was then known as the Brabantse Pijl Dames Gooik, ending in Gooik. In 2022 however the race shifted to the same parcours as the men's race and ended in Overijse. [4]
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