Race details | |
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Date | March, May, June |
English name | Circuit of the border region |
Local name(s) | Circuit des régions frontières (in French), Omloop van de grensstreek (in Dutch) |
Discipline | Road |
History | |
First edition | 1969 |
Editions | 15 |
Final edition | 1983 |
First winner | Rik Van Looy (BEL) |
Final winner | Luc Colijn (BEL) |
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