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Brabantse Pijl

Brabantse Pijl
Date Late-March/early-April
Region Flemish Brabant & Walloon Brabant, Belgium
English name Brabant Arrow
Local name(s) Brabantse Pijl (Dutch)
La Flèche Brabançonne (French)
Discipline Road
Competition UCI Europe Tour
Type Single-day
Organiser WSC Rode Sportief Beersel
Race director Pascal Demol
First edition 1961 (1961)
Editions 57 (as of 2017)
First winner  Pino Cerami (BEL)
Most wins  Edwig Van Hooydonck (BEL) (4 wins)
Most recent  Sonny Colbrelli (ITA)

The Brabantse Pijl (English: Brabant Arrow, French: Flèche Brabançonne or Flèche Branconne) is a Flanders Classics road bicycle race held annually in Flemish Brabant and in Walloon Brabant, Belgium. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. In 2011, it was upgraded to a 1.HC event. Edwig Van Hooydonck holds the record for most wins in the race with four between 1987 and 1995. In recent years, Zaventem was the city of start, in 2008 however, Leuven became the place of start. In 2010 the fixed date of the Brabantse Pijl shifted from the Sunday before the Ronde van Vlaanderen to the Wednesday before the Amstel Gold Race. Until 2009 the finish was located in Alsemberg, in 2010 it moved to Overijse.


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