Brabantse Pijl

Race details
Date	Late-March/early-April
Region	Flemish Brabant, Belgium
English name	Brabant Arrow
Local name(s)	Brabantse Pijl (Dutch) La Flèche Brabançonne (French)
Discipline	Road
Competition	UCI Europe Tour
Type	Single-day
Organiser	WSC Rode Sportief Beersel
Race director	Pascal Demol
History
First edition	1961
Editions	46 (as of 2006)
First winner	Pino Cerami
Most wins	Edwig Van Hooydonck (4 wins)
Most recent	Óscar Freire

The Brabantse Pijl (English:Brabant Arrow, French:Flèche Brabançonne) is an annual road bicycle race held annually in Flemish Brabant, Belgium. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. Edwig Van Hooydonck holds the record for most wins in the race with four between 1987 and 1995.
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Palmarès

Rider Team 1961 Pino Cerami 1962 Budo Janssens 1963 Joseph Wouters 1964 Arnaldo Pambianco 1965 Willy Bocklandt 1966 Jan Janssen 1967 Roger Rosiers 1968 Victor Van Schil 1969 Willy In't Ven 1970 Herman Van Springel 1971 Joseph Spruyt 1972 Eddy Merckx 1973 Johan De Muynck 1974 Herman Van Springel 1975 Willem Peeters 1976 Freddy Maertens 1977 Frans Verbeeck 1978 Marcel Laurens 1979 Daniel Willems 1980 Michel Pollentier 1981 Roger De Vlaeminck 1982 Claude Criquielion 1983 Eddy Planckaert

Rider Team 1984 Ronny Van Holen 1985 Adri van der Poel 1986 Johan van der Velde 1987 Edwig Van Hooydonck 1988 Johan Capiot 1989 Johan Capiot 1990 Frans Maassen 1991 Edwig Van Hooydonck 1992 Johan Capiot 1993 Edwig Van Hooydonck 1994 Michele Bartoli 1995 Edwig Van Hooydonck 1996 Johan Museeuw 1997 Gianluca Pianegonda 1998 Johan Museeuw 1999 Michele Bartoli 2000 Johan Museeuw 2001 Michael Boogerd 2002 Fabien De Waele 2003 Michael Boogerd Rabobank 2004 Luca Paolini Quick Step-Davitamon 2005 Óscar Freire Rabobank 2006 Óscar Freire Rabobank

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Luca Paolini (born January 17, 1977 in Milan) is an Italian road bicycle racer who rides for UCI ProTeam Liquigas. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Belgium_(civil). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Spain. ... Óscar Freire Gomez (born 1976) is a Spanish cyclist. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Netherlands. ... The Rabobank team during the 2005 Rund um den Henninger Turm race. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Spain. ... Óscar Freire Gomez (born 1976) is a Spanish cyclist. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Netherlands. ... The Rabobank team during the 2005 Rund um den Henninger Turm race. ...

External links

• Official website