Flèche Ardennaise

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 sitewww.fleche-ardennaise.be/en/fa
History
First edition1966 (1966)
Editions56 (as of 2021)
First winner Willy Van Neste (BEL)
Most wins Ruslan Gryschenko (UKR) (2 wins)
Most recent Simon Pellaud (SUI)

Winners
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]

References
  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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