Flèche Enghiennoise

Flèche Enghiennoise
Race details
DateApril
RegionWallonia (Belgium)
English nameEnghien Arrow
Local name(s)Flèche Enghiennoise (French)
DisciplineRoad
CompetitionCat. 1.2
TypeOne-day
History
First edition1965 (1965)
Editions5
Final edition1969
First winner Rik Van Looy (BEL)
Final winner Roger Pingeon (FRA)

The Flèche Enghiennoise was a short-lived men's cycling race organized for the last time in 1969.[1] The course, around 200 km, was situated in Enghien,[2] on the border of the Belgian provinces Brabant and Hainaut.

The race always took place in the second half of April.[3]

The competition's roll of honor includes the successes of Rik Van Looy,[4] Roger Pingeon[5] and Felice Gimondi.[6]

Winners

Year Winner Second Third
1965 Belgium Rik Van Looy Belgium Gustaaf Van Vaerenbergh Belgium Urbain De Brauwer
1966 Netherlands Piet Rentmeester Netherlands Jo de Roo Belgium Julien Stevens
1967 Belgium Georges Vandenberghe Belgium Rik Van Looy Belgium Frans Aerenhouts
1968 Italy Felice Gimondi Belgium Rik Van Looy Belgium Willy Planckaert
1969 France Roger Pingeon Belgium Herman Vrijders Belgium André Hendricks

References

  1. ^ "Flèche enghiennoise (Bel) - Ex". Memoire-du-cyclisme.eu. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  2. ^ "Enghien - Magazine d'Information Communales" (PDF). www.enghien.be (in French). Retrieved 22 June 2017.
  3. ^ "Fleche Enghiennoise". FirstCycling.com. 2022.
  4. ^ "1969»Flèche enghiennoise". ProCyclingStats. 2022.
  5. ^ "Roger Pingeon, Un maillot jaune sensible et loyal". Le Dérailleur (in French). Retrieved 17 March 2017.
  6. ^ "Chronique n° 14 - Félice GIMONDI". Le Petit Braquet (in French).