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E3 Saxo Bank Classic
(World Tour), Belgium

Formerly E3 Prijs Harelbeke
Winners, podium, distance, average speed


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The race:

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 Friday or 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.

In 2019 it became the E3 BinckBank Classic.

Late in 2019 Saxo Bank acquired BinckBank and the race was renamed the E3 Saxo Bank Classic.

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Complete results for every edition of the E3 are posted. Just click on a year to see that edition's results.

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
Léopold 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
Georges Vanconingsloo
@ 25sec
Willy Vekemans
@ s.t.
215 km 39.938
1970 Daniel Van Ryckeghem
5hr 1min 15sec
Roger De Vlaeminck
@ s.t.
Roger Rosiers
@ s.t.
210 km 41.826
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

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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 0sec
Geert Van Bondt
@ 56sec
Chris Peers
@ s.t.
209 km 40.064
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 44.000
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 40.023
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
2018 Niki Terpstra
5hr 3min 34sec
Philippe Gilbert
@ s.t.
Greg Van Avermaet
@ s.t.
206.5 km 40.815
km/hr
2019 Zdenek Stybar
4hr 46min 5sec
Wout van Aert
@ s.t.
Greg Van Avermaet
@ s.t.
203.9 km 42.764
km/hr
2020 Race cancelled because of Coronovirus pandemic
2021 Kasper Asgreen
4hr 42min 37sec
Florian Sénéchal
@ 32sec
Mathieu van der Poel
@ s.t.
203.9 km 42.288
km/hr
2022 Wout van Aert
4hr 38min 4sec
Christophe Laporte
@ s.t.
Stefan Kung
@ 1min 35sec
203.9 km 43.997
km/hr
2023 Wout van Aert
4hr 44min 59sec
Mathieu van der Poel
@ s.t.
Tadej Pogacar
@ s.t.
204.1 km 42.971
km/hr
2024 Mathieu van der Poel
4hr 39min 28sec
Jasper Stuyven
@ 1min 31sec

Wout van Aert
@ 1min 34sec

207.6 km 44.541
km/hr

 


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