Tour de l'Eurométropole (1HC), Belgium
Formerly Circuit Franco-Belge
Winners, podium, distance, average speed
The Tour de l'Eurométropole was a professional stage race (2014) held late in the season on the Belgian-France frontier. Recent editions have had four stages held over four days. In 2016 ir became a single-day race,
First run in 1924 (that edition was won by Julien Perrain), it has been held continuously with the exception of the years 1940-1954 and 1968.
It was an amateur race from 1980 through 1995
The race's original name was Circuit Franco-Belge, but in 2011 it was renamed Tour de Wallonie-Picardie. That didn't last long and in 2012 it was given the title Tour de l'Eurométropole.
In 2005 the UCI classed it a 2.1 race and made it part of the UCI Europe Tour.
In 2016 it became a single-day race and was classed 1.1 and in 2017 it was upgraded to "HC"
Complete modern professional podium history:
Year | 1st Place | 2nd Place | 3rd Place | Distance | Average Speed km/hr |
1996 | Koos Moerenhout | Mac Streel | Frank Høj | ||
1997 | Mario Aerts 12hr 41min 14sec |
Hans de Clercq @ 1min 23sec |
Geert van Bondt @ 1min 26sec |
534 km | 42.090 |
1998 | Frank Høj 12hr 48min 27sec |
Koen Beeckman @ 32sec |
Gzregorz Gwiazdowski @ 1min 40sec |
520 km | 41.382 |
1999 | Tayeb Braikia 11hr 55min 23sec |
Bert Roesems @ 18sec |
Andreas Klier @ 41sec |
513.9 km | 43.101 |
2000 | Daniele Nardello 12hr 12min 48sec |
Thierry Marichal @ 37sec |
Sylvain Chavanel @ 3min 23sec |
526.6 km | 43.116 |
2001 | Chris Peers 17hr 0min 13sec |
Jacky Durand @ 16sec |
Remco Van der Ven @ 2min 55sec |
718 km | 42.226 |
2002 | Robbie McEwen 16hr 59min 29sec |
Tom Boonen @ 2sec |
Christoph Von Kleinsorgen @ 14sec |
736 km | 43.316 |
2003 | Gerben Löwik 16hr 39min 48sec |
Nico Mattan @ 24sec |
Dave Bruylandts @ 34sec |
734.2 km | 44.061 |
2004 | Jimmy Casper 17hr 19min 22sec |
Steven de Jongh @ 4sec |
Nico Mattan @ 15sec |
713.4 km | 41.183 |
2005 | Marco Zanotti 17hr 17min 26sec |
Jimmy Casper @ 3sec |
Sébastien Hinault @ 4sec |
724 km | 41.873 |
2006 | Kevin van Impe 16hr 24min 53sec |
Danilo Hondo @ 13sec |
Olivier Kaisen @ 15sec |
690.8 km | 42.084 |
2007 | Gert Steegmans 16hr 58min 0sec |
Mark Cavendish @ 4sec |
Philippe Gilbert @ 14sec |
738.8 km | 43.544 |
2008 | Juan Antonio Flecha 16hr 50min 49sec |
Sébastien Rosseler @ 12sec |
Jürgen Roelandts @ 18sec |
736.4 km | 43.711 |
2009 | Tyler Farrar 18hr 27min 33sec |
Tom Boonen @ 8sec |
Roger Hammond @ 14sec |
764.4 |
41.410 |
2010 | Adam Blythe 15hr 37min 19sec |
Sep Vanmarcke @ 6sec |
Jakob Fuglsang @ 7sec |
687.5 km | 44.009 |
2011 | Robbie McEwen 14hr 43min 44sec |
Tom Veelers @ 5sec |
Christopher Sutton @ s.t. |
661.1 km | 44.885 |
2012 | Jurgen Roelandts 15hr 31min 48sec |
Juan Antonio Flecha @ 17sec |
Guillaume van Keirsbulck @ 19sec |
671.8 km | 43.258 |
2013 | Jens Debusschere 15hr 39min 4sec |
John Degenkolb @ s.t. |
Tyler Farrar @ 9sec |
683.3 km | 43.786 |
2014 | Arnaud Demare 15hr 5min 41sec |
Jens Debusschere @ 16sec |
Theo Bos @ s.t. |
688.3 km | 45.559 |
2015 | Alexis Gougeard 15hr 31min 19sec |
Martijn Keizer @ 7sec |
Jurgen Roelandts @ 11sec |
695 km | 44.775 |
2016 | Dylan Groenewegen 4hr 12min 55sec |
Oliver Naesen @ s.t. |
Tom Boonen @ s.t. |
195.6 km | 46.403 km/hr |
2017 | Daniel McLay 4hr 20min 20sec |
Kenny Dehaes @ s.t. |
Anthony Turgis @ s.t. |
188.6 km | 43.467 km/hr |
2018 | Mads Pedersen 4hr 57min 8sec |
Jean-Pierre Drucker @ s.t. |
Oliver Naesen @ s.t. |
206 km | 41.597 km/hr |
2019 | Piet Allegaert 3hr 47min 50sec |
Florian Sénéchal @ s.t. |
Jasper Stuyven @ s.t. |
176.7 km | 46.534 km/hr |
2020 | Race not run because of Covid-19 | ||||
2021 | Fabio Jakobsen 4hr 8min 32sec |
Jordi Meeus @ s.t. |
Mads Pedersen @ s.t. |
177.6 km | 42.876 km/hr |