Circuit de Wallonie

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Circuit de Wallonie
Circuit de Wallonie-logo 2023.png
Race details
Date
  • July (1966–1990, 2003)
  • June (1991, 2015–2016)
  • May (1992–2002, 2004–2014, since 2017)
Region Wallonia
Discipline Road
Competition UCI Europe Tour
Type One-day race
OrganiserRoyal Courrier Sport Baulet
Web site lecircuitdewallonie.be OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
History
First edition1966 (1966)
Editions58 (as of 2024) [1]
First winnerFlag of Belgium (civil).svg  Roger Rosiers  (BEL)
Most wins
(2 wins)
Most recentFlag of Belgium (civil).svg  Arnaud De Lie  (BEL)

Circuit de Wallonie is a cycling race held annually in Belgium since 1966. [2] It has been a category 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour sincee 2019, having upgraded from 1.2 status, which the race obtained in 2011. [3] Until 2003 the race was held under the name Circuit du Hainaut.

Contents

2019 Circuit de Wallonie passing Nalinnes Circuit de Wallonie 2019 - Nalinnes - Belgique 39.jpg
2019 Circuit de Wallonie passing Nalinnes

Winners

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YearCountryRiderTeam
1966Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Roger Rosiers
1967Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Jozef Schoeters
1968Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Jozef Schoeters
1969Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Paul Crapez
1970Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Willy Abbeloos
1971Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Michel Van Vlierden
1972Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Lucien De Brauwere
1973Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Roger De Beukelaer
1974Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Joseph Gijsemans
1975Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Ferdi Van Den Haute
1976Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium André Van Den Steen
1977Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium René Martens
1978Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Daniel Willems
1979Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Etienne De Wilde
1980Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Paul Haghedooren
1981Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Kurt Dockx
1982Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Patrick Cocquyt
1983Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Diederik Foubert
1984Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Stefan Van Leeuwe
1985Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Stefan Van Leeuwe
1986Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Peter Roes
1987Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Peter De Clercq
1988Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Jean-François Brasseur
1989Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Michel Stasse
1990Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Johan Remels
1991Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Fabrice Dejardin
1992Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Nico Desmet
1993Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Casper Van der Meer
1994Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Yannick Cornelis
1995Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Rik Verbrugghe
1996Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Fabien De Waele
1997Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Wim Heselmans
1998Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Danny Swinnen
1999Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Marcel Duijn
2000Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Jan Verstraeten
2001Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan Dimitry Muravyev
2002Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Johan Vansummeren
2003Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Preben Van Hecke
2004Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Gianni Meersman
2005Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Erik Lievens
2006Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Nikolas Maes
2007Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Francis De Greef
2008Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Ben Hermans
2009Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Romain Zingle
2010Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Thomas Degand
2011Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia Diego Tamayo Team WIT
2012Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Reinardt Janse van Rensburg MTN–Qhubeka
2013Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Sébastien Delfosse Crelan–Euphony
2014Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Maurits Lammertink Cycling Team Jo Piels
2015Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Stef Van Zummeren Verandas Willems
2016Flag of France.svg  France Kévin Lalouette EC Raismes Petite–Forêt
2017Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Maarten van Trijp Metec–TKH
2018Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Mikkel Frølich Honoré Team Virtu Cycling
2019Flag of France.svg  France Thomas Boudat Total Direct Énergie
2020No race due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Belgium
2021Flag of France.svg  France Christophe Laporte Cofidis
2022 [1] Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Andrea Pasqualon Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux
2023Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Jordi Meeus Bora–Hansgrohe
2024Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Arnaud De Lie Lotto–Dstny

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References

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