Great War Remembrance Race
Appearance
Race details | |
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Date | End of August |
Region | Belgium and France |
English name | Great War Remembrance Race |
Discipline | Road |
Competition | UCI Europe Tour |
Type | One-day |
Organiser | Flanders Classics & organisers of Gent–Wevelgem |
Web site | www |
History | |
First edition | 2018 |
Editions | 1 |
Final edition | 2018 |
First winner | Mihkel Räim (EST) |
Most wins | No repeat winners |
Final winner | Mihkel Räim (EST) |
The Great War Remembrance Race was a European single-day cycle race to be held annually from 2018 which passed through the Belgian province of West Flanders, organized by Flanders Classics and the organizers of Gent–Wevelgem as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. The inaugural edition marked the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I and was held on 24 August 2018 and won by Mihkel Räim. Further editions were intended to safeguard continuing awareness of this historic war.[1]
Future editions of the race were canceled in June, 2019. The organizers cited calendar conflicts and similarities to other races in their decision to not continue the race.[2]
Winners
[edit]Year | Country | Rider | Team |
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2018 | Estonia | Mihkel Räim | Israel Cycling Academy |
References
[edit]- ^ "Nieuwe koers "Great War Remembrance Race" moet uitgroeien tot klassieker" [New race "Great War Remembrance Race" to become classic cycle race] (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2017-09-21.
- ^ "Great War Remembrance Race will not have a second edition in 2019". Flanders Classics-. 2019-06-07. Retrieved 2019-09-05.