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The quality of field has suffered since the [[Vuelta a España]] moved to September in 1995, many sprinter-roadmen preferring the Spanish Tour.
 
The quality of field has suffered since the [[Vuelta a España]] moved to September in 1995, many sprinter-roadmen preferring the Spanish Tour.
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==Results==
 
==Results==
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{{Cycling pw start}}
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{| border=1 cellspacing=3 cellpadding=4 style="float:center; margin:0 0 .5em 1em; width:800px; background:#505050; border-collapse:collapse; border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile"
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{{Cycling pw rider|year=1893|name=[[André Henry]]|nat=BEL|natvar=|team=|teamnat=|teamnatvar=}}
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|- style="text-align:center; background:#505050;"
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{{Cycling pw no race|year=1894&ndash;<br />1905}}
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| valign=top align=left width=33% |
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{{Cycling pw rider|year=1906|name=[[Albert Dupont]]|nat=FRA|natvar=|team=|teamnat=|teamnatvar=}}
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* [[2008]] - [[Robbie McEwen]]  {{flagiconAUS}}
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{{Cycling pw rider|year=1907|name=[[Gustave Garrigou]]|nat=FRA|natvar=|team=|teamnat=|teamnatvar=}}
+
* [[2007]] - [[Robbie McEwen]]  {{flagiconAUS}}
−
{{Cycling pw rider|year=1908|name=[[Lucien Petit-Breton]]|nat=FRA|natvar=|team=|teamnat=|teamnatvar=}}
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* [[2006]] - [[Robbie McEwen]]  {{flagiconAUS}}
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{{Cycling pw rider|year=1909|name=[[François Faber]]|nat=LUX|natvar=|team=|teamnat=|teamnatvar=}}
+
* [[2005]] - [[Robbie McEwen]]  {{flagiconAUS}}
−
{{Cycling pw rider|year=1910|name=[[Maurice Brocco]]|nat=FRA|natvar=|team=|teamnat=|teamnatvar=}}
+
* [[2004]] - [[Nick Nuyens]]  {{flagiconBEL}}
−
{{Cycling pw rider|year=1911|name=[[Octave Lapize]]|nat=FRA|natvar=|team=|teamnat=|teamnatvar=}}
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* [[2003]] - [[Kim Kirchen]]  {{flagiconLUX}}
−
{{Cycling pw rider|year=1912|name=[[Octave Lapize]]|nat=FRA|natvar=|team=|teamnat=|teamnatvar=}}
+
* [[2002]] - [[Robbie McEwen]]  {{flagiconAUS}}
−
{{Cycling pw rider|year=1913|name=[[Octave Lapize]]|nat=FRA|natvar=|team=|teamnat=|teamnatvar=}}
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* [[2001]] - [[Emmanuel Magnien]]  {{flagiconFrance}}
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{{Cycling pw rider|year=1914|name=[[Louis Mottiat]]|nat=BEL|natvar=|team=|teamnat=|teamnatvar=}}
+
* [[2000]] - [[Max van Heeswijk]]  {{flagiconNED}}
−
{{Cycling pw no race|year=1915&ndash;<br />1918}}
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* [[1999]] - [[Romans Vainsteins]]  {{flagiconLVA}}
−
{{Cycling pw rider|year=1919|name=[[Alexis Michiels]]|nat=BEL|natvar=|team=|teamnat=|teamnatvar=}}
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* [[1998]] - [[Stefano Zanini]]  {{flagiconITA}}
−
{{Cycling pw rider|year=1920|name=[[Henri Pélissier]]|nat=FRA|natvar=|team=|teamnat=|teamnatvar=}}
+
* [[1997]] - [[Alessandro Bertolini]]  {{flagiconITA}}
−
{{Cycling pw rider|year=1921|name=[[Robert Reboul]]|nat=FRA|natvar=|team=|teamnat=|teamnatvar=}}
+
* [[1996]] - [[Andrea Tafi]]  {{flagiconITA}}
−
{{Cycling pw rider|year=1922|name=[[Félix Sellier]]|nat=BEL|natvar=|team=|teamnat=|teamnatvar=}}
+
* [[1995]] - [[Frank Vandenbroucke (cyclist)|Frank Vandenbroucke]]  {{flagiconBEL}}
−
{{Cycling pw rider|year=1923|name=[[Félix Sellier]]|nat=BEL|natvar=|team=|teamnat=|teamnatvar=}}
+
* [[1994]] - [[Rolf Sørensen]]  {{flagiconDenmark}}
−
{{Cycling pw rider|year=1924|name=[[Félix Sellier]]|nat=BEL|natvar=|team=|teamnat=|teamnatvar=}}
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* [[1993]] - [[François Moreau]]  {{flagiconFrance}}
−
{{Cycling pw rider|year=1925|name=[[Gerard Debaets]]|nat=BEL|natvar=|team=|teamnat=|teamnatvar=}}
+
* [[1992]] - [[Rolf Sørensen]]  {{flagiconDenmark}}
−
{{Cycling pw rider|year=1926|name=[[Denis Verschueren]]|nat=BEL|natvar=|team=|teamnat=|teamnatvar=}}
+
* [[1991]] - [[Brian Holm]]  {{flagiconDenmark}}
−
{{Cycling pw rider|year=1927|name=[[Nicholas Frantz]]|nat=FRA|natvar=|team=|teamnat=|teamnatvar=}}
+
* [[1990]] - [[Franco Ballerini]]  {{flagiconITA}}
−
{{Cycling pw rider|year=1928|name=[[Georges Ronsse]]|nat=BEL|natvar=|team=|teamnat=|teamnatvar=}}
+
* [[1989]] - [[Jelle Nijdam]]  {{flagiconNED}}
−
{{Cycling pw rider|year=1929|name=[[Pé Verhaegen]]|nat=BEL|natvar=|team=|teamnat=|teamnatvar=}}
+
* [[1988]] - [[Rolf Gölz]]  {{flagiconGermany}}
−
{{Cycling pw rider|year=1930|name=[[Ernest Mottard]]|nat=BEL|natvar=|team=|teamnat=|teamnatvar=}}
+
* [[1987]] - [[Wim Arras]]   {{flagiconBEL}}
−
{{Cycling pw rider|year=1931|name=[[Jean Aerts]]|nat=BEL|natvar=|team=|teamnat=|teamnatvar=}}
+
* [[1986]] - [[Guido Bontempi]]   {{flagiconITA}}
−
{{Cycling pw rider|year=1932|name=[[Julian Vervaecke]]|nat=BEL|natvar=|team=|teamnat=|teamnatvar=}}
+
* [[1985]] - [[Adri van der Poel]]  {{flagiconNED}}
−
{{Cycling pw rider|year=1933|name=[[Albert Barthelèmy]]|nat=FRA|natvar=|team=|teamnat=|teamnatvar=}}
+
* [[1984]] - [[Eric Vanderaerden]]   {{flagiconBEL}}
−
{{Cycling pw rider|year=1934|name=[[Frans Bonduel]]|nat=BEL|natvar=|team=|teamnat=|teamnatvar=}}
+
* [[1983]] - [[Tommy Prim]]   {{flagiconSweden}}
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{{Cycling pw rider|year=1935|name=[[Edgard De Caluwé]]|nat=BEL|natvar=|team=|teamnat=|teamnatvar=}}
+
* [[1982]] - [[Jacques Hanegraaf]]  {{flagiconNED}}
−
{{Cycling pw rider|year=1936|name=[[Eloi Meulenberg]]|nat=BEL|natvar=|team=|teamnat=|teamnatvar=}}
+
* [[1981]] - [[Roger De Vlaeminck]]  {{flagiconBEL}}
−
{{Cycling pw rider|year=1937|name=[[Albert Beckaert]]|nat=BEL|natvar=|team=|teamnat=|teamnatvar=}}
+
* [[1980]] - [[Pierino Gavazzi]]  {{flagiconITA}}
−
{{Cycling pw rider|year=1938|name=[[Marcel Kint]]|nat=BEL|natvar=|team=|teamnat=|teamnatvar=}}
+
* [[1979]] - [[Ludo Peeters]]  {{flagiconBEL}}
−
{{Cycling pw rider|year=1939|name=[[Frans Bonduel]]|nat=BEL|natvar=|team=|teamnat=|teamnatvar=}}
+
* [[1978]] - [[Jan Raas]]  {{flagiconNED}}
−
{{Cycling pw no race|year=1940&ndash;<br />1945}}
+
| valign=top align=left width=34% |
−
{{Cycling pw rider|year=1946|name=[[Briek Schotte]]|nat=BEL|natvar=|team=|teamnat=|teamnatvar=}}
+
* [[1977]] - [[Ludo Peeters]]  {{flagiconBEL}}
−
{{Cycling pw rider|year=1947|name=[[Ernest Sterckx]]|nat=BEL|natvar=|team=|teamnat=|teamnatvar=}}
+
* [[1976]] - [[Felice Gimondi]]  {{flagiconITA}}
−
{{Cycling pw rider|year=1948|name=[[Ludo Poels]]|nat=BEL|natvar=|team=|teamnat=|teamnatvar=}}
+
* [[1975]] - [[Freddy Maertens]]  {{flagiconBEL}}
−
{{Cycling pw rider|year=1949|name=[[Maurice Diot]]|nat=FRA|natvar=|team=|teamnat=|teamnatvar=}}
+
* [[1974]] - [[Marc Demeyer]]  {{flagiconBEL}}
−
{{Cycling pw rider|year=1950|name=[[Rik Van Steenbergen]]|nat=BEL|natvar=|team=|teamnat=|teamnatvar=}}
+
* [[1973]] - [[Eddy Merckx]]  {{flagiconBEL}}
−
{{Cycling pw rider|year=1951|name=[[Jean Geugen]]|nat=FRA|natvar=|team=|teamnat=|teamnatvar=}}
+
* [[1967]]-[[1972]] - no races
−
{{Cycling pw rider|year=1952|name=[[Briek Schotte]]|nat=BEL|natvar=|team=|teamnat=|teamnatvar=}}
+
* [[1966]] - [[Felice Gimondi]]  {{flagiconITA}}
−
{{Cycling pw rider|year=1953|name=[[Loretto Petrucci]]|nat=ITA|natvar=|team=|teamnat=|teamnatvar=}}
+
* [[1965]] - [[Edward Sels]]  {{flagiconBEL}}
−
{{Cycling pw rider|year=1954|name=[[Marcel Hendrickx]]|nat=BEL|natvar=|team=|teamnat=|teamnatvar=}}
+
* [[1964]] - [[Georges Van Coningsloo]]  {{flagiconBEL}}
−
{{Cycling pw rider|year=1955|name=[[Marcel Hendrickx]]|nat=BEL|natvar=|team=|teamnat=|teamnatvar=}}
+
* [[1963]] - [[Jean Stablinski]]  {{flagiconFrance}}
−
{{Cycling pw rider|year=1956|name=[[Rik Van Looy]]|nat=BEL|natvar=|team=|teamnat=|teamnatvar=}}
+
* [[1962]] - [[Jos Wouters]]  {{flagiconBEL}}
−
{{Cycling pw mid}}
+
* [[1961]] - [[Pino Cérami]]  {{flagiconBEL}}
−
{{Cycling pw rider|year=1957|name=[[Léon Van Daele]]|nat=BEL|natvar=|team=|teamnat=|teamnatvar=}}
+
* [[1960]] - [[Pierre Everaet]]  {{flagiconFrance}}
−
{{Cycling pw rider|year=1958|name=[[Rik Van Looy]]|nat=BEL|natvar=|team=|teamnat=|teamnatvar=}}
+
* [[1959]] - [[Frans Schouben]]  {{flagiconBEL}}
−
{{Cycling pw rider|year=1959|name=[[Frans Schouben]]|nat=BEL|natvar=|team=|teamnat=|teamnatvar=}}
+
* [[1958]] - [[Rik Van Looy]]   {{flagiconBEL}}
−
{{Cycling pw rider|year=1960|name=[[Pierre Everaet]]|nat=FRA|natvar=|team=|teamnat=|teamnatvar=}}
+
* [[1957]] - [[Léon Van Daele]]  {{flagiconBEL}}
−
{{Cycling pw rider|year=1961|name=[[Pino Cerami]]|nat=BEL|natvar=|team=|teamnat=|teamnatvar=}}
+
* [[1956]] - [[Rik Van Looy]]  {{flagiconBEL}}
−
{{Cycling pw rider|year=1962|name=[[Jos Wouters]]|nat=BEL|natvar=|team=|teamnat=|teamnatvar=}}
+
* [[1955]] - [[Marcel Hendrickx]]   {{flagiconBEL}}
−
{{Cycling pw rider|year=1963|name=[[Jean Stablinski]]|nat=FRA|natvar=|team=|teamnat=|teamnatvar=}}
+
* [[1954]] - [[Marcel Hendrickx]]  {{flagiconBEL}}
−
{{Cycling pw rider|year=1964|name=[[Georges Van Coningsloo]]|nat=BEL|natvar=|team=|teamnat=|teamnatvar=}}
+
* [[1953]] - [[Loretto Petrucci]]  {{flagiconITA}}
−
{{Cycling pw rider|year=1965|name=[[Edward Sels]]|nat=BEL|natvar=|team=|teamnat=|teamnatvar=}}
+
* [[1952]] - [[Briek Schotte]]  {{flagiconBEL}}
−
{{Cycling pw rider|year=1966|name=[[Felice Gimondi]]|nat=ITA|natvar=|team=|teamnat=|teamnatvar=}}
+
* [[1951]] - [[Jean Geugen]]  {{flagiconFrance}}
−
{{Cycling pw no race|year=1967&ndash;<br />1972}}
+
* [[1950]] - [[Rik Van Steenbergen]]  {{flagiconBEL}}
−
{{Cycling pw rider|year=1973|name=[[Eddy Merckx]]|nat=BEL|natvar=|team=|teamnat=|teamnatvar=}}
+
* [[1949]] - [[Maurice Diot]]  {{flagiconFrance}}
−
{{Cycling pw rider|year=1974|name=[[Marc Demeyer]]|nat=BEL|natvar=|team=|teamnat=|teamnatvar=}}
+
* [[1948]] - [[Ludo Poels]]   {{flagiconBEL}}
−
{{Cycling pw rider|year=1975|name=[[Freddy Maertens]]|nat=BEL|natvar=|team=|teamnat=|teamnatvar=}}
+
* [[1947]] - [[Ernest Sterckx]]   {{flagiconBEL}}
−
{{Cycling pw rider|year=1976|name=[[Felice Gimondi]]|nat=ITA|natvar=|team=|teamnat=|teamnatvar=}}
+
* [[1946]] - [[Briek Schotte]]   {{flagiconBEL}}
−
{{Cycling pw rider|year=1977|name=[[Ludo Peeters]]|nat=BEL|natvar=|team=|teamnat=|teamnatvar=}}
+
* [[1940]]-[[1945]] - no races
−
{{Cycling pw rider|year=1978|name=[[Jan Raas]]|nat=NED|natvar=|team=|teamnat=|teamnatvar=}}
+
* [[1939]] - [[Frans Bonduel]]  {{flagiconBEL}}
−
{{Cycling pw rider|year=1979|name=[[Ludo Peeters]]|nat=BEL|natvar=|team=|teamnat=|teamnatvar=}}
+
* [[1938]] - [[Marcel Kint]]   {{flagiconBEL}}
−
{{Cycling pw rider|year=1980|name=[[Pierino Gavazzi]]|nat=ITA|natvar=|team=|teamnat=|teamnatvar=}}
+
* [[1937]] - [[Albert Beckaert]]  {{flagiconBEL}}
−
{{Cycling pw rider|year=1981|name=[[Roger De Vlaeminck]]|nat=BEL|natvar=|team=|teamnat=|teamnatvar=}}
+
| valign=top align=left width=33% |
−
{{Cycling pw rider|year=1982|name=[[Jacques Hanegraaf]]|nat=NED|natvar=|team=|teamnat=|teamnatvar=}}
+
* [[1936]] - [[Eloi Meulenberg]]   {{flagiconBEL}}
−
{{Cycling pw rider|year=1983|name=[[Tommy Prim]]|nat=SWE|natvar=|team=|teamnat=|teamnatvar=}}
+
* [[1935]] - [[Edgard De Caluwé]]   {{flagiconBEL}}
−
{{Cycling pw rider|year=1984|name=[[Eric Vanderaerden]]|nat=BEL|natvar=|team=|teamnat=|teamnatvar=}}
+
* [[1934]] - [[Frans Bonduel]]  {{flagiconBEL}}
−
{{Cycling pw rider|year=1985|name=[[Adri van der Poel]]|nat=NED|natvar=|team=|teamnat=|teamnatvar=}}
+
* [[1933]] - [[Albert Barthelèmy]]  {{flagiconFrance}}
−
{{Cycling pw rider|year=1986|name=[[Guido Bontempi]]|nat=ITA|natvar=|team=|teamnat=|teamnatvar=}}
+
* [[1932]] - [[Julian Vervaecke]]  {{flagiconBEL}}
−
{{Cycling pw rider|year=1987|name=[[Wim Arras]]|nat=BEL|natvar=|team=|teamnat=|teamnatvar=}}
+
* [[1931]] - [[Jean Aerts]]  {{flagiconBEL}}
−
{{Cycling pw rider|year=1988|name=[[Rolf Gölz]]|nat=GER|natvar=|team=|teamnat=|teamnatvar=}}
+
* [[1930]] - [[Ernest Mottard]]  {{flagiconBEL}}
−
{{Cycling pw rider|year=1989|name=[[Jelle Nijdam]]|nat=NED|natvar=|team=|teamnat=|teamnatvar=}}
+
* [[1929]] - [[Pé Verhaegen]]  {{flagiconBEL}}
−
{{Cycling pw rider|year=1990|name=[[Franco Ballerini]]|nat=ITA|natvar=|team=|teamnat=|teamnatvar=}}
+
* [[1928]] - [[Georges Ronsse]]  {{flagiconBEL}}
−
{{Cycling pw rider|year=1991|name=[[Brian Holm]]|nat=DNK|natvar=|team=|teamnat=|teamnatvar=}}
+
* [[1927]] - [[Nicholas Frantz]]  {{flagiconFrance}}
−
{{Cycling pw rider|year=1992|name=[[Rolf Sørensen]]|nat=DNK|natvar=|team=|teamnat=|teamnatvar=}}
+
* [[1926]] - [[Denis Verschueren]]  {{flagiconBEL}}
−
{{Cycling pw rider|year=1993|name=[[François Moreau]]|nat=FRA|natvar=|team=|teamnat=|teamnatvar=}}
+
* [[1925]] - [[Gerard Debaets]]  {{flagiconBEL}}
−
{{Cycling pw rider|year=1994|name=[[Rolf Sørensen]]|nat=DNK|natvar=|team=|teamnat=|teamnatvar=}}
+
* [[1924]] - [[Félix Sellier]]  {{flagiconBEL}}
−
{{Cycling pw rider|year=1995|name=[[Frank Vandenbroucke (cyclist)|Frank Vandenbroucke]]|nat=BEL|natvar=|team=|teamnat=|teamnatvar=}}
+
* [[1923]] - [[Félix Sellier]]  {{flagiconBEL}}
−
{{Cycling pw rider|year=1996|name=[[Andrea Tafi (cyclist)|Andrea Tafi]]|nat=ITA|natvar=|team=|teamnat=|teamnatvar=}}
+
* [[1922]] - [[Félix Sellier]]   {{flagiconBEL}}
−
{{Cycling pw rider|year=1997|name=[[Alessandro Bertolini]]|nat=ITA|natvar=|team=|teamnat=|teamnatvar=}}
+
* [[1921]] - [[Robert Reboul]]  {{flagiconFrance}}
−
{{Cycling pw rider|year=1998|name=[[Stefano Zanini]]|nat=ITA|natvar=|team=|teamnat=|teamnatvar=}}
+
* [[1920]] - [[Henri Pélissier]]  {{flagiconFrance}}
−
{{Cycling pw rider|year=1999|name=[[Romāns Vainšteins]]|nat=LVA|natvar=|team=|teamnat=|teamnatvar=}}
+
* [[1919]] - [[Alexis Michiels]]  {{flagiconBEL}}
−
{{Cycling pw rider|year=2000|name=[[Max van Heeswijk]]|nat=NED|natvar=|team=|teamnat=|teamnatvar=}}
+
* [[1915]]-[[1918]] - no races
−
{{Cycling pw rider|year=2001|name=[[Emmanuel Magnien]]|nat=FRA|natvar=|team=|teamnat=|teamnatvar=}}
+
* [[1914]] - [[Louis Mottiat]]  {{flagiconBEL}}
−
{{Cycling pw rider|year=2002|name=[[Robbie McEwen]]|nat=AUS|natvar=|team=[[Lotto-Adecco]]|teamnat=BEL|teamnatvar=}}
+
* [[1913]] - [[Octave Lapize]]  {{flagiconFrance}}
−
{{Cycling pw rider|year=2003|name=[[Kim Kirchen]]|nat=LUX|natvar=|team=[[Fassa Bortolo]]|teamnat=ITA|teamnatvar=}}
+
* [[1912]] - [[Octave Lapize]]  {{flagiconFrance}}
−
{{Cycling pw rider|year=2004|name=[[Nick Nuyens]]|nat=BEL|natvar=|team=[[Quick Step-Davitamon]]|teamnat=BEL|teamnatvar=}}
+
* [[1911]] - [[Octave Lapize]]   {{flagiconFrance}}
−
{{Cycling pw rider|year=2005|name=[[Robbie McEwen]]|nat=AUS|natvar=|team=[[Davitamon-Lotto]]|teamnat=BEL|teamnatvar=}}
+
* [[1910]] - [[Maurice Brocco]]   {{flagiconFrance}}
−
{{Cycling pw rider|year=2006|name=[[Robbie McEwen]]|nat=AUS|natvar=|team=[[Davitamon-Lotto]]|teamnat=BEL|teamnatvar=}}
+
* [[1909]] - [[François Faber]]   {{flagiconLUX}}
−
{{Cycling pw rider|year=2007|name=[[Robbie McEwen]]|nat=AUS|natvar=|team=[[Predictor-Lotto]]|teamnat=BEL|teamnatvar=}}
+
* [[1908]] - [[Lucien Petit-Breton]]   {{flagiconFrance}}
−
{{Cycling pw rider|year=2008|name=[[Robbie McEwen]]|nat=AUS|natvar=|team=[[Silence-Lotto]]|teamnat=BEL|teamnatvar=}}
+
* [[1907]] - [[Gustave Garrigou]]   {{flagiconFrance}}
−
{{Cycling pw end}}
+
* [[1906]] - [[Albert Dupont]]   {{flagiconFrance}}
 +
* [[1894]]-[[1905]] - no race
 +
* [[1893]] - [[André Henry]]   {{flagiconBEL}}
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[[Category:Classic cycle races|Paris-Brussels]]
 
[[Category:Classic cycle races|Paris-Brussels]]

Latest revision as of 17:33, 27 February 2009

Paris-Brussels
Region France - Belgium
Date September
Type One-day race
First Edition: 1896
Editions 85
First Winner 22px-Flag of Belgium (civil).png André Henry
Most Recent: 22px-Flag of Australia.svg.png Robbie McEwen
Most Wins: 22px-Flag of France.png Octave Lapize and
22px-Flag of Belgium (civil).png Félix Sellier,
3 times


Paris-Brussels is a semi classic European bicycle race. It is one of the oldest races on the international calendar.

History

Paris-Brussels was first run in 1893 as an amateur event over two days. The race was a Spring Classic towards the end of April, between Paris-Roubaix and Gent-Wevelgem. The event lost its prestige in 1966 when Dutch promoted the Amstel Gold Race. The race was also affected by traffic problems and was not run between 1967 and 1972.

When the race returned in 1973 it was midweek towards the end of September, just before Paris-Tours. The 1973 race was won by Eddy Merckx. The most individual wins stood for a long time at three, by Octave Lapize (France) and Felix Sellier (Belgium). Lapize won in 1911, 1912 and 1913 and Sellier in 1922, 1923 and 1924. Lapize was disqualified after winning the 1910 race for not observing a neutralised section. In 2007, Robbie McEwen broke the record by winning his fourth race, and bettered this again with a fifth win in 2008.

English-speaking riders

Paris-Brussels has only seen moderate success for British riders, Sean Yates finished third in 1994 in a break with Rolf Sørensen and Franco Ballerini. There was animosity between Yates and Sørensen after shirt-pulling in the 1994 Tour de France. Sørensen broke away to win.

Tom Simpson finished second in 1963. He went away well before the border into Belgium. A small group went with him and established a 13-minute lead. The group contained Jean Stablinski and Simpson lost to him when his gears slipped and Stablinski got away for the win.

Robbie McEwen won in 2002 after the peloton caught Erik Dekker with 500m remaining. Another Australian Phil Anderson finished third in 1992. Irishman Seamus Elliott was unfortunate in 1958; with three miles to go he had a lead of a minute when he smashed his frame. He took a spectator's bike but finished down the rankings.

File:Paris-Brussels Map.JPG
Map showing the route of the 2004 edition of Paris-Brussels.

Race length

Before 1926, the race was always over 400km, but this has reduced over the years with 2004 being 225km, although as recently as 1987 the distance was 309km when Wim Arras triumphed. The quickest race was 1975 when a tailwind helped Freddy Maertens finish in 46.11kmh.

Route

The race starts at Soissons, in Picardie, 85km north-east of Paris, although prior to 1996 the race started in Noyon and during the 1980s in Senlis. The race is level but towards the end there are cobbled climbs such as the Alsemberg, Mont Saint Roch and the Keperenberg. The race ended for many years in the Anderlecht district of Brussels outside the Constant Vanden Stock football stadium in the Place de Linde. However, 2005 concluded at the Atomium north of the centre of Brussels. 1996 saw another change when it was moved from midweek date to a Saturday.

The quality of field has suffered since the Vuelta a España moved to September in 1995, many sprinter-roadmen preferring the Spanish Tour.


Results

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