The oddly named E3 (E3 is a Belgian highway) is an important Belgian race that kicks off a tough week of Flemish racing on a Saturday in late March that ends with the Tour of Flanders the following weekend.

It's an important race, not only as a vital tune-up for the Tour of Flanders (the race has some of the same ascents as the Tour of Flanders) but in its own right as a prestigious race that has had greats from Rik Van Looy, Jan Raas, Mario Cipollini to Tom Boonen win it.

The race was originally called Harelbeke-Anvers-Harelbeke. It kept that appellation through the first 12 editions and in 1970 became the E3.

Year	Winner	2nd Place	3rd Place	Distance	Average Speed km/hr
1958	Armand Desmet 5hr 42min	Lucien Demunster @ s.t.	Briek Schotte @ s.t.	210 km	38.842
1959	Norbert Kerckhove 5hr 36min 18sec	Jan Zagers @ 2min 5sec	Norbert Van Tieghem @ s.t.	214 km	38.180
1960	Daniel Doom 5hr 9min	Odiel Van Der Linden @ 2sec	Petrus Oellibrandt @ 3sec	201 km	39.029
1961	Arthur De Cabooter 5hr 5min	Frans Aerenhouts @ s.t.	André Noyelle @ s.t.	202 km	39.737
1962	André Messelis 5hr 53min	Lép[old Schaeken @ 1min 20sec	Frans De Mulder @ s.t.	213 km	36.203
1963	Noël Fore 5hr 14min	Peter Post @ s.t.	Josef Planckaert @ s.t.	201 km	38.407
1964	Rik Van Looy 5hr 39min	Norbert Kerckhove @ s.t.	Edgard Sorgeloos @ s.t.	216 km	38.230
1965	Rik Van Looy 5hr 35min	Georges Vanconingsloo @ s.t.	René Thysen @ s.t.	215 km	38.507
1966	Rik Van Looy 5hr 59min	Willy Bocklandt @ s.t.	Joseph Spruyt @ s.t.	216 km	36.10
1967	Willy Bocklandt 5hr 26min	Jozef Huysmans @ s.t.	Armand Desmet @ 5sec	216 km	39.754
1968	Jacques De Boever 5hr 32min	Jozef Huysmans @ s.t.	Herman Van Springel @ 50sec	216 km	39.036
1969	Rik Van Looy 5hr 23min	Goerges Vanconingsloo @ 25sec	Willy Vekemans @ s.t.	215 km	39.938
1970	Daniel Van Ryckeghem 5hr 1min	Roger De Vlaeminck @ s.t.	Roger Rosiers @ s.t.	210 km	41.86
1971	Roger De Vlaeminck 5hr 57min	Georges Pintens @ 3sec	Eddy Merckx @ 8sec	235 km	39.495
1972	Hubert Hutsebaut 5hr 39min 25sec	Eddy Merckx @ s.t.	Walter Godefroot @ s.t.	226 km	39.950
1973	Willy Int'Ven 5hr 39min	Albert Van Vlierberghe @ 22sec	Walter Planckaert @ s.t.	226 km	40.0
1974	Herman Van Springel 5hr 31min	Freddy Maertens @ s.t.	Frans Verbeeck @ 8sec	226 km	40.966
1975	Frans Verbeeck 5hr 55min	Freddy Maertens @ s.t.	Cees Bal @ s.t.	226 km	38.197
1976	Walter Planckaert 5hr 41min	Walter Godefroot @ s.t.	Daniel Verplancke @ 25sec	228 km	40.117
1977	Dietrich Thurau 5hr 46min	Patrick Sercu @ 2min 8sec	Eric De Vlaeminck @ s.t.	233 km	40.404
1978	Freddy Maertens 5hr 40min	Jan Raas @ 8sec	Ronald de Witte @ 44sec	230 km	40.588
1979	Jan Raas 5hr 48min	Frank Hoste @ 2sec	Michel Pollentier @ s.t.	226 km	38.965
1980	Jan Raas 5hr 17min	Sean Kelly @ s.t.	Rik Van Linden @ s.t.	226 km	42.776
1981	Jan Raas 5hr 48min	Ludo Delcroix @ s.t.	Fons De Wolf @ 1min 10sec	226 km	38.965
1982	Jan Bogaert 5hr 45min	Roger De Vlaeminck @ s.t.	Daniel Willems @ s.t.	223 km	38.782
1983	William Tackaert 6hr 12min	Bert Oosterbosch @ s.t.	Jan Jonckers @ s.t.	236 km	37.165
1984	Bert Oosterbosch 5hr 13min	Eddy Planckert @ 2min 4sec	Léo Van Vliet @ 2min 6sec	225 km	43.13
1985	Phil Anderson 5hr 33min 12sec	Josef Lieckens @ 15sec	Eddy Planckaert @ s.t.	215 km	38.715
1986	Eric Vanderaerden 5hr 50min	Frits Pirard @ s.t.	Jos Lammertink @ s.t.	225 km	38.571
1987	Eddy Planckaert 5hr 4min	Jelle Nijdam @ 12sec	Marc Sergeant @ s.t.	225 km	44.408
1988	Guido Bontempi 4hr 55min	Alan Peiper @ 3sec	Eddy Planckaert @ 20sec	231 km	46.983
1989	Eddy Planckaert 5hr 12min	Adri Van Der Poel @ s.t.	Marc Sergeat @ s.t.	211 km	40.576
1990	Søren Lilholt 5hr 1min	Fabio Roscioli @ 17sec	Adri Van Der Poel @ 21sec	201 km	40.066
1991	Olaf Ludwig 5hr 12min	Phil Anderson s.t.	Uwe Raab @ 1sec	203 km	39.038
1992	Johan Museeuw 5hr 18min	Wiebren Veenstra @ s.t.	Eric Vanderaerden @ s.t.	205 km	38.679
1993	Mario Cipollini 4hr 59min 24sec	Olaf Ludwig @ s.t.	Jelle Nijdam @ s.t.	208 Km	41.683
1994	Andrei Tchmil 5hr 15min 30sec	Viatcheslav Ekimov @ 8sec	Silvio Martinello @ 10sec	206 km	39.175
1995	Bart Leysen 4hr 53min	Steffen Wesemann @ 11sec	Carlo Bomans @ s.t.	206 km	42.184
1996	Carlo Bomans 5hr 10min 44sec	Peter Van Petegem @ 23sec	Wilfried Nelissen @ 29sec	206 km	39.776
1997	Hendrik Van Dijck 5hr 11min	Paolo Fornaciari @ s.t.	Brian Holm @ 49sec	206 km	39.742
1998	Johan Museeuw 4hr 48min	Michele Bartoli @ s.t.	Mirko Celestino @ s.t.	205 km	42.708
1999	Peter Van Petegem 4hr 39min 10sec	Andrei Tchmil @ s.t.	Frank Vandenbroucke @ s.t.	206 km	44.274
2000	Serguei Ivanov 5hr 13min	Geert Van Bondt @ 56sec	Chris Peers @ s.t.	209 km	40.063
2001	Andrei Tchmil 5hr 8min 49sec	Steffen Wesemann @ 1min 8sec	Martin Hvastija @ 1min 10sec	200 km	38.858
2002	Dario Pieri 4hr 45min	Jo Planckaert @ s.t.	Johan Museeuw @ 27sec	209 km	44.00
2003	Steven De Jongh 4hr 33min	Steffen Wesemann @ s.t.	Stijn Devolder @ s.t.	209 km	45.934
2004	Tom Boonen 4hr 31min	Jaan Kirsipuu @ s.t.	Andris Nauduzs @ s.t.	195 km	43.173
2005	Tom Boonen 4hr 42min 54sec	Andreas Klier @ s.t.	Peter Van Petegem @ 13sec	200 km	42.417
2006	Tom Boonen 4hr 43min 38sec	Alessandro Ballan @ 2sec	Aart Vierhouten @ 1min 32sec	198 km	41.885
2007	Tom Boonen 4hr 55min 36sec	Fabian Cancellara @ s.t.	Marcus Burghardt @ s.t.	203 km	41.204
2008	Kurt Asle Arvesen 4hr 57min 3sec	David Kopp @ 5sec	Greg Van Avermaet @ s.t	203 km	41.003
2009	Filippo Pozzato 5hr 11min 49sec	Tom Boonen @ s.t.	Maxim Iglinskiy @ s.t.	208 km	40.024
2010	Fabian Cancellara 4hr 44min 34sec	Tom Boonen @ 3sec	Juan Antonio Flecha s.t.	203 km	40.802
2011	Fabian Cancellara 4hr 34min 49sec	Jurgen Roelandts @ 1min 0sec	Vladimir Gusev @ s.t.	202 km	44.102
2012	Tom Boonen 4hr 51min 59sec	Oscar Freire @ s.t.	Bernard Eisel @ s.t.	193 km	41.715
2013	Fabian Cancellara 5hr 8min 28sec	Peter Sagan @ 1min 4sec	Daniel Oss @ s.t.	212 km	41.236
2014	Peter Sagan 4hr 56min 31sec	Niki Terpstra @ s.t.	Geraint Thomas @ s.t.	212 km	42.898
2015	Geraint Thomas 5hr 15min 0sec	Zdenek Stybar @ 25sec	Matteo Trentin @ 38sec	215.3 km	41.010
2016	Michal Kwiatkowski 4hr 49min 34sec	Peter Sagan @ 4sec	Ian Stannard @ 11sec	206 km	42.684 km/hr
2017	Greg van Avermaet 4hr 48min 17sec	Philippe Gilbert @ s.t.	Oliver Naesen @ s.t.	206.1 km	42.895 km/hr