Date | Late August |
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Region | East Flanders, Belgium |
English name | Grand Prix Stad Zottegem |
Local name(s) | Grote Prijs Stad Zottegem (Dutch) |
Nickname(s) | Tistaertprijs |
Discipline | Road race |
Competition | UCI Europe Tour |
Type | Single-day |
Organiser | Zottegemse Wielerclub |
First edition | 1934 |
Editions | 81 (as of 2016) |
First winner | André Verlinden (BEL) |
Most wins | Maurice Blomme (BEL) (3 wins) |
Most recent | Tim Merlier (BEL) |
Grote Prijs Stad Zottegem is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in August in Zottegem, Belgium. Since 2005, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour.
The race started out as 'Dokter Tistaertprijs' in 1934. Between 1971 and 1998 it was called 'Herinneringsprijs Dokter Tistaert - Prijs Groot-Zottegem'. In 1999 it changed to 'G.P. Zottegem - Tistaertprijs' and since 2002 it has the current name.