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.

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
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