Date | Late March |
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Region | Flanders, Belgium |
English name | Nokere Koerse |
Local name(s) | Nokere Koerse (Dutch) |
Discipline | Road |
Competition | UCI Europe Tour |
Type | One-day race |
First edition | 1944 |
Editions | 70 (as of 2016) |
First winner | Marcel Kint (BEL) |
Most wins | Hendrik Van Dijck (BEL) (3 wins) |
Most recent | Timothy Dupont (BEL) |
Nokere Koerse is a European semi classic single day cycle race held in the Belgian region of Flanders. Since 2005, the race has been organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. Starting in 2016 it was a 1.HC event.
The Nokere Koerse was created in 1944, initially as the Grand Prix Jules Lowie in honour of 1938 Paris–Nice winner Jules Lowie who was born in Nokere.
Only six cyclists not born in Belgium or Netherlands have been able to win this semi classic.
There was no edition in 2013 due to bad winter weather.