Flèche Ardennaise

Flèche Ardennaise
Race details
Date	May/June
Region	Liège, Belgium
English name	Flèche Ardennaise
Discipline	Road race
Competition	UCI Europe Tour
Type	Single-day
Web site	fleche-ardennaise.be
History
First edition	1966
Editions	59 (as of 2024)
First winner	Willy Van Neste (BEL)
Most wins	Ruslan Gryschenko (UKR) (2 wins)
Most recent	Milan Donie (BEL)

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.

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]
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

^ "Pas de Flèche Ardennaise en 2020" [No Flèche Ardennaise in 2020]. Directvelo (in French). Association Le Peloton. 27 March 2020. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
^ 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.

External links

Official website

[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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