Date | Early March |
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Region | West Flanders, Belgium |
Local name(s) | Dwars door West-Vlaanderen (Dutch) |
Discipline | Road |
Competition | UCI Europe Tour |
Type | One-day race |
First edition | 1945 |
Editions | 70 (as of 2016) |
First winner | Marcel Kint (BEL) |
Most wins |
Gustaaf Desmet (BEL) Patrick Sercu (BEL) Wilfried Peeters (BEL) Erik Dekker (NED) Niko Eeckhout (BEL) (2 wins) |
Most recent | Sean De Bie (BEL) |
Dwars door West-Vlaanderen is a road bicycle race through the Belgian province of West Flanders.
The race was originally created unter the name Omloop der Vlaamse Ardennen (English: Tour of the Flemish Ardennes) in 1945 as a one-day race. It remained like that until 1999, when it became a two-day stage race and was renamed Guldensporentweedaagse. In 2003 it was extended to three days and became known as the Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen (English: Three Days of West Flanders) from 2003 to present day. It was also known as the Johan Museeuw Classic. Since 2006 the race has been organized as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour.
In May 2016 it was announced that from 2017 on the race would become again a one-day race under the name Dwars door West-Vlaanderen. Initially as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour but with the aim of becoming a 1.HC event in the near future.