The Flèche Ardennaise is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in June in the province of Liège, Belgium. Since 2010, the race is organized as a 1.2 event on the UCI Europe Tour.

Flèche Ardennaise
Race details
DateMay/June
RegionLiège, Belgium
English nameFlèche Ardennaise
DisciplineRoad race
CompetitionUCI Europe Tour
TypeSingle-day
Web sitefleche-ardennaise.be Edit this at Wikidata
History
First edition1966 (1966)
Editions59 (as of 2024)
First winner Willy Van Neste (BEL)
Most wins Ruslan Gryschenko (UKR) (2 wins)
Most recent Milan Donie (BEL)

Winners

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Year Country Rider Team
1966   Belgium Willy Van Neste
1967   Belgium Valere Van Sweefelt
1968   Belgium Roger De Vlaeminck
1969   Belgium Joseph Bruyère
1970   Belgium Theo Dockx
1971   Belgium Luc Van Goidsenhoven
1972   Belgium Gustaaf Hermans
1973   Belgium Lieven Malfait
1974   Belgium Joseph Gysemans
1975   Belgium Jean-Luc Vandenbroucke
1976   Belgium Wim Mynheer
1977   Belgium René Martens
1978   Belgium Ronny Claes
1979   Belgium Daniel Plummer
1980   Belgium Jan Nevens
1981   Belgium Danny Schoonbaert
1982   Belgium Eric Vanderaerden
1983   Belgium Franky Van Oyen
1984   Belgium Dirk Ghyselinck
1985   Belgium Luc Ronsse
1986   Belgium Greg Moens
1987   Belgium Benny Heylen
1988   Belgium Johan Pauwels
1989   Netherlands Eddy Bouwmans
1990   Belgium Bart Leysen Lotto–Superclub
1991   France Stéphane Galbois
1992   Belgium Nico Desmet
1993   Netherlands Casper van der Meer
1994   Belgium Steven Van Aken
1995   Belgium Tony Bracke
1996   France Benoît Salmon Collstrop
1997   Germany Christian Henn Team Telekom
1998   Belgium Erwin Thijs Vlaanderen 2002–Eddy Merckx
1999   France Pierrick Fédrigo
2000   France Thomas Voeckler Bonjour
2001   Ukraine Ruslan Gryschenko Landbouwkrediet–Colnago
2002   Ukraine Ruslan Gryschenko Landbouwkrediet–Colnago
2003   Finland Jukka Vastaranta Rabobank GS3
2004   New Zealand Jeremy Yates Crédit Agricole
2005   Belgium Francis De Greef Bodysol–Win for Life–Jong Vlaanderen
2006   Belgium Gil Suray Unibet.com
2007   Belgium Sébastien Delfosse Pôle Continental Wallon–Bodysol–Euromillions
2008   Belgium Jan Bakelants Beveren 2000
2009   Belgium Sander Armée Beveren 2000
2010   Belgium Thomas Degand Verandas Willems
2011   Belgium Zico Waeytens Omega Pharma–Lotto Davo
2012   France Clément Lhotellerie Colba–Superano Ham
2013    Switzerland Silvan Dillier BMC Development Team
2014    Switzerland Stefan Küng BMC Development Team
2015   Belgium Loïc Vliegen BMC Development Team
2016   Netherlands Jeroen Meijers Rabobank Development Team
2017   Belgium Harm Vanhoucke Lotto–Soudal U23
2018   Netherlands Cees Bol Team Sunweb
2019    Switzerland Simon Pellaud IAM–Excelsior
2020–
2021
No race due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Belgium[1][2]
2022   France Romain Grégoire Groupama–FDJ Continental Team
2023   Netherlands Menno Huising Jumbo–Visma Development Team
2024   Belgium Milan Donie Lotto–Dstny Development Team

References

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  1. ^ "Pas de Flèche Ardennaise en 2020" [No Flèche Ardennaise in 2020]. Directvelo (in French). Association Le Peloton. 27 March 2020. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  2. ^ Odvart, James (5 May 2021). "Flèche Ardennaise : Les raisons de l'annulation" [Flèche Ardennaise: The reasons for the cancellation]. Directvelo (in French). Association Le Peloton. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
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