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Race details | |
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Date | Early-March |
Region | Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France |
Local name(s) | Grand Prix de la Ville de Lillers (in French) |
Nickname(s) | Souvenir Bruno Comini |
Discipline | Road race |
Competition | UCI Europe Tour |
Type | Single-day |
Web site | www |
History | |
First edition | 1964 |
Editions | 57 (as of 2023) [1] |
First winner | Claude Rigaut (FRA) |
Most wins | Jean-François Laffillée (FRA) Benoît Daeninck (FRA) (3 wins) |
Most recent | Andreas Stokbro (DEN) |
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