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Encyclopedia > Brabantse Pijl
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 Flag of Spain 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 Flag of Italy Arnaldo Pambianco
1965 Willy Bocklandt
1966 Flag of Netherlands 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 Flag of Netherlands Adri van der Poel
1986 Flag of Netherlands Johan van der Velde
1987 Edwig Van Hooydonck
1988 Johan Capiot
1989 Johan Capiot
1990 Flag of Netherlands Frans Maassen
1991 Edwig Van Hooydonck
1992 Johan Capiot
1993 Edwig Van Hooydonck
1994 Flag of Italy Michele Bartoli
1995 Edwig Van Hooydonck
1996 Johan Museeuw
1997 Flag of Italy Gianluca Pianegonda
1998 Johan Museeuw
1999 Flag of Italy Michele Bartoli
2000 Johan Museeuw
2001 Flag of Netherlands Michael Boogerd
2002 Fabien De Waele
2003 Flag of Netherlands Michael Boogerd Flag of Netherlands Rabobank
2004 Flag of Italy Luca Paolini Quick Step-Davitamon
2005 Flag of Spain Óscar Freire Flag of Netherlands Rabobank
2006 Flag of Spain Óscar Freire Flag of Netherlands Rabobank

Image File history File links Flag_of_Belgium_(civil). ... Giuseppe Pino Cerami (born 28 April 1922 in Misterbianco, Sicily, Italy) is a former Belgian road bicycle racer. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Belgium_(civil). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Belgium_(civil). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Italy. ... Arnaldo Pambianco is an Italian professional road racing cyclist. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Belgium_(civil). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Netherlands. ... Jan Janssen (born Johannes Adrianus Janssen, May 19, 1940, in Nootdorp, The Netherlands) was a Dutch professional cyclist (1962 - 1973). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Belgium_(civil). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Belgium_(civil). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Belgium_(civil). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Belgium_(civil). ... Herman Van Springel was a Belgian cyclist (born 14 August 1943), from Grobbendonk, in the Flemish Campine region. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Belgium_(civil). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Belgium_(civil). ... Edouard Louis Joseph Merckx (IPA: ) (born June 17, 1945, Meensel-Kiezegem, Vlaams Brabant, Belgium) is a retired Belgian professional cyclist. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Belgium_(civil). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Belgium_(civil). ... Herman Van Springel was a Belgian cyclist (born 14 August 1943), from Grobbendonk, in the Flemish Campine region. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Belgium_(civil). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Belgium_(civil). ... Freddy Maertens (born 13 February 1952 in Lombardsijde, Belgium) was a Belgian professional racing cyclist and twice World Road Cycling Champion. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Belgium_(civil). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Belgium_(civil). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Belgium_(civil). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Belgium_(civil). ... Michel Pollentier is an Belgian professional road racing cyclist. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Belgium_(civil). ... Roger De Vlaeminck at home on the cobbles of the Ronde van Vlaanderen Roger De Vlaeminck (born 24 August 1947) is a former Belgian professional cyclist. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Belgium_(civil). ... Claude Criquielion is a former Belgian professional road bicycle racer who raced between 1979 through 1990. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Belgium_(civil). ... Eddy Planckaert (b. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Belgium_(civil). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Netherlands. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Netherlands. ... Johan Van der Velde (born December 12, 1956 in Rijsbergen, southern Netherlands) is a Dutch cyclist. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Belgium_(civil). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Belgium_(civil). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Belgium_(civil). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Netherlands. ... Franciscus Albertus Antonius Johannes (Frans) Maassen (born Haelen, 27 January 1965) is a directeur sportif and former Dutch professional road racing cyclist between 1987 and 1995. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Belgium_(civil). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Belgium_(civil). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Belgium_(civil). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Italy. ... Categories: Possible copyright violations ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Belgium_(civil). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Belgium_(civil). ... Johan Museeuw (born October 13, 1965) is a retired Belgian professional road bicycle racer. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Italy. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Belgium_(civil). ... Johan Museeuw (born October 13, 1965) is a retired Belgian professional road bicycle racer. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Italy. ... Categories: Possible copyright violations ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Belgium_(civil). ... Johan Museeuw (born October 13, 1965) is a retired Belgian professional road bicycle racer. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Netherlands. ... Michael Boogerd (born May 28 1972, The Hague) is a professional Dutch bicyclist. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Belgium_(civil). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Netherlands. ... Michael Boogerd (born May 28 1972, The Hague) is a professional Dutch bicyclist. ... 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_Italy. ... 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. ...

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