Date | Early September |
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Region | Aartselaar, Belgium |
English name | Memorial Rik Van Steenbergen |
Local name(s) | Memorial Rik Van Steenbergen (in Dutch) |
Discipline | Road |
Competition | UCI Europe Tour |
Type | Single-day |
First edition | 1991 |
Editions | 22 (as of 2012) |
First winner | Olaf Ludwig (GER) |
Most wins | Niko Eeckhout (BEL) (4 wins) |
Most recent | Theo Bos (NED) |
Memorial Rik Van Steenbergen (previously GP Rik Van Steenbergen) is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in September in Aartselaar, Belgium. The race, paying respect to the famous Belgian rider of the 1940s and 1950s, quickly gained importance and since 2005, it is a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. The race was canceled in 2013 and again in 2014 because the organizers were unable to raise sufficient funding. It is in danger of disappearing from the calendar.