Grand Prix de Wallonie (1.Pro), Belgium
Winners, podium, distance, average speed.
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The race:
The Grand Prix de Wallonie is a single-day professional bicycle race held in Wallonia (the southern, French-speaking part of Belgium). Run since 1935, the race has a semi-classic status and is generally held in September. Before 2003, the GP de Wallonie was run in May.
Two riders have won the GP de Wallonie three times, Adolf Braeckveldt and Nick Nuyens.
With a finish at the Citadel of Namur, the race is well-suited to riders with a good finishing punch like Philippe Gilbert (who has won it twice) and Nick Nuyens.
The race was not run 1940-41, 1945-48, 1951-69 & 2020.
Since 2005 the UCI has ranked it 1.1 made made it part of the Europe Tour and in in 2020 it was reclassed and made part of the ProSeries.
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Recent podium history:
Year |
1st Place |
2nd Place |
3rd Place |
Distance |
Average Speed |
| 1980 | Willy De Geest 5hr 33min |
Jacques Martin @ 2min 25sec |
Claude Criquielion @ 5min 42sec |
220 km | 39.639 km/hr |
| 1981 | Walter Dalgal 6hr 9min |
Charles Jochums @ 51sec |
Patrick Verluys @ 54drv |
229 km | 37.236 km/hr |
| 1982 | Hennie Kuiper 5hr 37min |
Gerard Veldscholten @ 3sec |
Jozef Jacobs @ 43sec |
228 km | 40.592 km/hr |
| 1983 | Stephen Roche 6hr 22min |
Eric Vanderaerden @ 10sec |
Phil Anderson @ s.t. |
228 km | 35.812 km/hr |
| 1984 | Frank Hoste 6hr 1min |
Claude Criquielion @ s.t. |
Paul Sherwen @ 15sec |
237 km | 39.391 km/hr |
| 1985 | Marc Madiot 5hr 54min |
Joop Zoetemelk @ 3sec |
Claude Criquielion @ 10sec |
228 km | 38.664 km/hr |
| 1986 | Steven Rooks 5hr 59min |
Michel Dernies @ 6sec |
Patrick Versluys @ 40sec |
225 km | 37.603 km/hr |
| 1987 | Pascal Poisson 5hr 30min 16sec |
Jan Nevens @ 14sec |
No 3rd place. Laurent Fignon was 1st, but DQ'd for dope |
215 km | 39.058 km/hr |
| 1988 | Claude Criquielion 6hr 22min 25sec |
Laurent Fignon @ 31sec |
Charly Mottet @ 35sec |
239 km | 37.497 km/hr |
| 1989 | Thomas Wegmüller 5hr 29min 12sec |
Robert Millar @ 50sec |
Jos van Aert @ 1min 11sec |
200 km | 36.452 km/hr |
| 1990 | Luc Leblanc 5hr 20min |
Michel Dernies @ 10sec |
Johan Bruyneel @ 13sec |
205 km | 38.44 km/hr |
| 1991 | Frank Van den Abeele 5hr 33min |
Johan Bruyneel @ 1min 38sec |
Sammie Moreels @ 1min 42sec |
202 km | 36.40 km/hr |
| 1992 | Danny Nelissen 5hr 27min |
Marc Bouillon @ s.t. |
Sammie Moreels @ 1min 9sec |
203.7 km | 37.38 km/hr |
| 1993 | Patrick Evenepoel 4hr 53min |
Raymond Maijs @ 1min 1sec |
Mario de Clercq @ 1min 7sec |
190 km | 40.28 km/hr |
| 1994 | Peter Farazijn 4hr 44min |
Udo Bölts @ s.t. |
Jan Nevens @ s.t. |
194 km | 40.99 km/hr |
| 1995 | Andrea Chiurato 4hr 45min |
Maarten Den Bakker @ 52sec |
Fausto Dotti @ 1min 2sec |
201.6 km | 42.441 km/hr |
| 1996 | Franco Ballerini 4hr 47min |
Bo Hamburger @ 2min 26sec |
Frank Corvers @ 3min 8sec |
204 km | 42.647 km/hr |
| 1997 | Dimitri Konyshev 4hr 50min |
Laurent Madouas @ 1sec |
Davide Casarotto @ 29sec |
199 km | 41.171 km/hr |
| 1998 | Udo Bolts 5hr 8min 35sec |
Rik Verbrugghe @ s.t. |
Stephane Heulot @ 5sec |
201 km | 39.081 |
| 1999 | Patrick Jonker 4h 41min 45sec |
Leon Van Bon @ 38sec |
Koos Moerenhout @ 40sec |
196 km | 41.738 km/hr |
| 2000 | Alberto Elli 4hr 42min 5sec |
Didier Rous @ 8sec |
Kurt Van de Wouwer @ 13sec |
196 km | 41.690 km/hr |
| 2001 | Axel Merckx 4hr 34min |
Tom Stremersch @ 4sec |
Scott Sunderland @ 50sec |
196 km | 42.92 |
| 2002 | Dave Bruylandts 4hr 33min 0sec |
Lennie Kristensen @ 12sec |
Nicolas Fritsch @ s.t. |
196 km | 43.076 |
| 2003 | Dave Bruylandts 4hr 36min 56sec |
Marek Rutkiewicz @ 2sec |
Mickael Pichon @ s.t. |
199.8 km | 43.288 km/hr |
| 2004 | Nick Nuyens 4hr 56min 19sec |
Philippe Gilbert @ 1sec |
Jérome Pineau @ s.t. |
193 km | 39.079 |
| 2005 | Nick Nuyens 4hr 24min 24sec |
Björn Leukemens @ s.t. |
Igor Abakoumov @ s.t. |
193.1 km | 43.819 km/hr |
| 2006 | Philippe Gilbert 4hr 57min 53sec |
Nick Nuyens @ s.t. |
William Bonnet @ 3sec |
203.2 km | 40.928 |
| 2007 | Bert de Waele 5hr 11min 50sec |
Cédric Vasseur @ s.t. |
Thor Hushovd @ 2sec |
203.2 km | 39.097 |
| 2008 | Stefano Garzelli 4hr 43min 53sec |
Giovanni Visconti @ s.t. |
Jérome Pineau @ s.t. |
200.5 km | 42.376 |
| 2009 | Nick Nuyens 4hr 46min 13sec |
Allan Davis @ s.t. |
Roy Sentjens @ s.t. |
203.8 km |
42.723 km/hr |
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| 2010 | Paul Martens 4hr 56min 12sec |
Riccardo Ricco @ s.t. |
Cadel Evans @ s.t. |
202.4 km | 40.998 |
| 2011 | Philippe Gilbert 5hr 0min 8sec |
Julien Simon @ 2sec |
Björn Leukemans @ s.t. |
203.1 km | 40.602 |
| 2012 | Julien Simon 4hr 45min 51sec |
Greg van Avermaet @ s.t. |
Björn Leukemans @ 1sec |
203.1 km | 42.631 |
| 2013 | Jan Bakelants 4hr 54min 47sec |
Thomas Voeckler @ s.t. |
Mathias Frank @ 8sec |
203.1 km | 41.339 km/hr |
| 2014 | Greg van Avermaet 4hr 47min 17sec |
Tony Gallopin @ 2sec |
Jan Bakelants s.t. |
198.2 km | 41.395 |
| 2015 | Jens Debusschere 4hr 57min 37sec |
Jan Bakelants @ 6sec |
Christophe Laporte @ 7sec |
198.2 km | 39.96 |
| 2016 | Tony Gallopin 5hr 6min 17sec |
Petr Vakoc @ s.t. |
Jérome Baugnies @ 1sec |
205.5 km | 40.257 km/hr |
| 2017 | Tim Wellens 5hr 26min 0sec |
Tony Gallopin @ 1min 22sec |
Julien Simon @ 1min 23sec |
212.1 km | 39.04 km/hr |
| 2018 | Jasper Stuyven 5hr 14min 28sec |
Dimitri Claeys @ s.t. |
Warren Barguil @ s.t. |
205.9 km | 39.286 km/hr |
| 2019 | Krists Neilands 4hr 56min 7sec |
Jasper Stuyven @ 2sec |
Jasper De Buyst @ s.t. |
205.9 km | 41.720 km/hr |
| 2020 | Race not run because of Covid-19 | ||||
| 2021 | Christophe Laporte 4hr 59min 57sec |
Warren Barguil @ s.t. |
Tosh Van Der Sande @ s.t. |
203 km | 40.607 km/hr |
| 2022 | Mathieu van der Poel 4hr 55min 26sec |
Biniam Girmay @ s.t. |
Gonzalo Serrano @ s.t. |
198.1 km | 40.232 km/hr |
| 2023 | Gonzalo Serrano 4hr 42min 11sec |
Dylan Teuns @ s.t. |
Jasper De Buyst @ 3sec |
201.32 km | 42.806 km/hr |
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