Flèche Enghiennoise
| Race details | |
|---|---|
| Date | April |
| Region | Wallonia (Belgium) |
| English name | Enghien Arrow |
| Local name(s) | Flèche Enghiennoise (French) |
| Discipline | Road |
| Competition | Cat. 1.2 |
| Type | One-day |
| History | |
| First edition | 1965 |
| Editions | 5 |
| Final edition | 1969 |
| 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 | Rik Van Looy | Gustaaf Van Vaerenbergh | Urbain De Brauwer |
| 1966 | Piet Rentmeester | Jo de Roo | Julien Stevens |
| 1967 | Georges Vandenberghe | Rik Van Looy | Frans Aerenhouts |
| 1968 | Felice Gimondi | Rik Van Looy | Willy Planckaert |
| 1969 | Roger Pingeon | Herman Vrijders | André Hendricks |
References
- ^ "Flèche enghiennoise (Bel) - Ex". Memoire-du-cyclisme.eu. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
- ^ "Enghien - Magazine d'Information Communales" (PDF). www.enghien.be (in French). Retrieved 22 June 2017.
- ^ "Fleche Enghiennoise". FirstCycling.com. 2022.
- ^ "1969»Flèche enghiennoise". ProCyclingStats. 2022.
- ^ "Roger Pingeon, Un maillot jaune sensible et loyal". Le Dérailleur (in French). Retrieved 17 March 2017.
- ^ "Chronique n° 14 - Félice GIMONDI". Le Petit Braquet (in French).