Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen (Championship of Flanders) or Koolskamp Koerse is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in September in Koolskamp (part-municipality of Ardooie), West Flanders, Belgium.[1] Since 2005, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour.[2][3]
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| Race details | |
|---|---|
| Date | Mid September |
| Region | West Flanders, Belgium |
| English name | Championship of Flanders |
| Local name(s) | Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen (in Dutch) |
| Discipline | Road |
| Competition | UCI Europe Tour |
| Type | Single-day |
| Web site | www |
| History | |
| First edition | 1908 |
| Editions | 108 (as of 2024) |
| First winner |  Robert Wancour (BEL) |
| Most wins | Niko Eeckhout (BEL) (4 wins) |
| Most recent | Tim Merlier (BEL) |
Winners
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Footnotes
edit- ^ In 2015, Jens Debusschere crossed the line first but was relegated to sixth place after the race jury decided that he had veered from his line, causing Dylan Groenewegen to crash.[4]
References
edit- ^ "Kamp. van Vlaanderen". FirstCycling.com. 2023.
- ^ "Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen-Top-3 per edition". ProcyclingStats. 2023.
- ^ "Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen / Koolskamp (Bel) - Cat.1.1". Memoire-du-cyclisme.eu (in French). Retrieved 5 October 2023.
- ^ "Golas wint de Leeuwentrui na declassering Debusschere" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 18 September 2015. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
- "Erelijst" [Honour Roll]. Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 23 August 2011. Retrieved 1 October 2011.