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The race:
Binche-Chimay-Binche/Memorial Frank Vandenbroucke is a single-day road race held in Wallonia, Belgium.
It is an old race, first run in 1911, but it has had an intermittent history, not being held from 1931-1983 and 1997-2009. The 1984 and 1985 editions were criteriums
When it was reorganized in 2010, it was also made a commemoration of Belgian racer Frank Vendenbroucke, who had been the race's last winner and had died in 2009 at just 34 years of age.
In 2010 the UCI ranked it a 1.1 race and made it part of the Europe Tour.
Complete podium history:
Year |
1st Place |
2nd Place |
3rd Place |
Distance |
Average Speed |
1911 | Jean van Ingelghem | Hubert Noel | Camille Botte | ||
1912 | Félix Sellier | Jean Rossius | Dieudonné Gauthy | ||
1913-1921: Race not held | |||||
1922 | Omer Taverne | Schroeven | Jan Mertens | ||
1923 | Achille Vermandel | Joseph Pe | A. Speeckaert | ||
1924 | Hector Martin | August Mortelmans | Aimé Dossche | ||
1925 | Arthur Dewit | Jean Dewaerheydt | Léon Parmentier | ||
1926 | Omer Taverne | Alfred Sira | Michel Schouleur | ||
1927 | Jean Hans | Maurice Houyoux | Aimé Deravet | ||
1928 | Désire Louesse | Leander Ghyssels | Rémi van Impe | ||
1929: Race not held | |||||
1930 | Alfons Kindt | Léon Louyet | Gustaaf Reyns | ||
1931-1941: Race not held | |||||
1942 | Roger Dujardin 5hr 24min |
Thé van Oppen @ 4 bike lengths |
Désiré Keteleer @ s.t. |
188 km | 34.81 |
1943-1944: Race not held | |||||
1945 | Georges Hardiquest 4hr 22min |
René Decock @ 1 bike length |
Albert Rely @ s.t. |
140 km | 32.06 |
1946-1983: Race not held |
1984 | Benny van Brabant 3hr 39min |
Yves Godimus @ s.t. |
Martin Durant @ 20sec |
150 km | 41.10 |
1985 | Adri Van der Poel 5hr 11min |
William Tackaert @ 12sec |
Michel Dernies @ s.t. |
206 km | 39.74 |
1986 | Ronny van Holen | Yves Godimus | Walter Dalgal | ||
1987 | Willem van Eynde | Paul Haghedooren | Werner Devos | ||
1988 | Nico Emonds | Jan Goessems | Yves Godimus | ||
1989 | Dominique Gaigne | Carlo Bomans | Martial Gayant | ||
1990 | Jelle Nijdam 5hr 7min |
Corneille Daems @ s.t. |
Eric Vanderaerden @ s.t. |
196 km | 38.31 |
1991 | Michel Dernies 5hr 23min |
Stefan van Leeuwe @ 20sec |
Michel Vermote @ 44sec |
207 km | 38.45 |
1992 | Jean-Marie Wampers 4hr 37min |
Pierre Herinne @ 2sec |
Paul Haghedooren @ 31sec |
167 km | 36.17 |
1993 | Patrick van Roosbroeck 5hr 7min |
Marcel Wüst @ s.t. |
Paul Haghedooren @ s.t. |
204 km | 39.87 |
1994 | Wilfried Nelissen 5hr 23min |
Johan Museeuw @ s.t. |
Carlo Nomans @ s.t. |
204 km | 37.89 |
1995 | Jelle Nijdam 5hr 22min |
Edwig van Hooydonck @ 2sec |
Erwin Thijs @ 3sec |
207 km | 38.57 |
1996 | Frank Vandenbroucke 5hr 8min 0sec |
Jean-Pierre Heynderickx @ 29sec |
Tom Steels @ s.t. |
213 km | 41.494 |
1997-2009: Race not held | |||||
2010 | Elia Viviani 4hr 36min 14sec |
Jakob Fuglsang @ 1sec |
Rob Ruijgh @ s.t. |
200 km | 43.442 |
2011 | Rüdiger Selig 4hr 21min 35sec |
Baden Cooke @ s.t. |
Adrien Petit @ s.t. |
202.1 km | 46.356 |
2012 | Adam Blythe 4hr 16min 50sec |
Adrien Petit @ s.t. |
John Degenkolb @ s.t. |
202.1 km | 47.213 |
2013 | Reinhardt Janse Van Rensburg 4hr 10min 24sec |
Björn Leukemans @ 1sec |
Greg van Avermaet @ s.t. |
187.6 km | 44.952 |
2014 | Zdenek Stybar 4hr 25min 17sec |
John Degenkolb @ 2sec |
Jens Debusschere @ s.t. |
194.5 km | 43.991 |
2015 | Ramon Sinkeldam 4hr 24min 24sec |
Pim Ligthart @ 2sec |
Tom van Asbroeck @ 4sec |
194.5 km | 44.138 |
2016 | Arnaud Demare 4hr 43min 28sec |
Zdenek Stybar @ s.t. |
Jurgen Roelandts @ 2 sec |
194.5 km | 41.169 km/hr |
2017 | Jasper de Buyst 4hr 11min 23sec |
Matteo Trentin @ s.t. |
Tom Devriendt @ s.t. |
195.2 km | 46.590 km/hr |
2018 | Danny van Poppel 4hr 33min 2sec |
Yves Lampaert @ 3sec |
Oliver Naesen @ s.t. |
197.4 km | 43.379 km/hr |
2019 | Tom Van Asbroeck 4hr 32min 37sec |
Oliver Naesen @ s.t. |
Jos Van Emden @ s.t. |
198.6 km | 43.710 km/hr |
2020 | Race cancelled because of Covid-19 pandemic | ||||
2021 | Danny van Poppel 4hr 44min 45sec |
Rasmus Tiller @ 3sec |
Lionel Taminiaux @ 5sec |
198.6 km | 41.847 km/hr |
2022 | Christophe Laporte 4hr 26min 16sec |
Rasmus Tiller @ 3sec |
Hugo Page @ 8sec |
198.6 km | 44.752 km/hr |
2023 | Luca Mozzato 4hr 22min 54sec |
Edward Theuns @ s.t. |
Søren Kragh Andersen @ s.t. |
198.6 km | 45.325 km/hr |
2024 | Arnaud De Lie 4hr 27min 42sec |
Biniam Girmay @ s.t. |
Milan Fretin @ s.t. |
198.6 km | 44.193 km/hr |