Tour de l'Eurométropole

Eurométropole
Race details
Date Early October
Region Belgium
France
Local name(s) Circuit Franco-Belge (in French)
Discipline Road
Competition UCI Europe Tour
Type Single-day
Prior to 2016: Stage-race
History
First edition 1924 (1924)
Editions 78 (as of 2018)
First winner  Julien Perrain (FRA)
Most wins  Julien Vervaecke (BEL)
 Alfons Ghesquiere (BEL)
 Cyriel Van Overberghe (BEL)
 Georges Dequesne (BEL)
 Benno Wiss (SUI)
 Robbie McEwen (AUS)
(2 wins)
Most recent  Mads Pedersen (DEN)

The Eurométropole is a single day cycling race held annually in Belgium and France. The race was previously known as the Circuit Franco-Belge until 2010, as the Tour de Wallonie-Picarde in 2011 and as the Tour de l'Eurométropole from 2012 to 2015. From 2005 to 2015 the Tour de l'Eurométropole was a 2.1-ranked stage race of the UCI Europe Tour.

Since 2016, the event has transformed from a stage race to a single day 1.1 race and was included in the inaugural Belgian Road Cycling Cup. The race starts in Poperinge, West Flanders, and finishes in Tournai, Hainaut, and is now only run on Belgian soil.

Winners

2014 : Theo Bos (3), Arnaud Démare (1) & Jens Debusschere (2).
Rider Team
1924 France Julien Perrain (FRA)
1925 Belgium Julien Vervaecke (BEL)
1926 Belgium Julien Vervaecke (BEL)
1927 France Maurice Denamur (FRA)
1928 Belgium Alfons Ghesquiere (BEL)
1929 Belgium Alfons Ghesquiere (BEL)
1930 France Henri Deudon (FRA)
1931 Belgium Maurice Van Hee (BEL)
1932 Belgium Gustave Beckaert (BEL)
1933 France Raymond Debruycker (FRA)
1934 Belgium Cyriel Van Overberghe (BEL)
1935 Belgium Cyriel Van Overberghe (BEL)
1936 France Maurice Deschamps (FRA)
1937 Belgium Louis Van Daele (BEL)
1938 Belgium Hector Lanssens (BEL)
1939 Belgium Michel Hermie (BEL)
1940-
1954
No race
1955 Belgium Herman Decan (BEL)
1956 Belgium Georges Dequesne (BEL)
1957 Poland Edouard Klabinski (POL)
1958 Belgium François De Wagheneire (BEL)
1959 Belgium Georges Dequesne (BEL)
1960 Belgium Willy Bocklandt (BEL)
1961 Belgium Laurent Christiaens (BEL)
1962 Belgium Roland Aper (BEL)
1963 Belgium Jan Nolmans (BEL)
1964 France Robert Duponchel (FRA)
1965 France Daniel Deprez (FRA)
1966 France René Chtiej (FRA)
1967 France Bern Delaurier (FRA)
1968 Belgium Andre Dierickx (BEL)
1969 Belgium Willy Van Mechelen (BEL)
1970 Belgium Ronny Vanmarcke (BEL) (victory shared with Ronny De Bisschop)
1970 Belgium Ronny De Bisschop (BEL) (victory shared with Ronny Vanmarcke)
1971 Belgium Louis Dierckx (BEL)
1972 Belgium Willy Govaerts (BEL)
1973 Belgium Theo Dockx (BEL)
1974 Belgium Serge Vandaele (BEL)
1975 United Kingdom David Wells (GBR)
1976 Belgium Gery Verlinden (BEL)
1977 Belgium Johan Huyghe (BEL)
1978 Belgium Jaen-Pierre Vrancken (BEL)
1979 Belgium Jan Bogaert (BEL)
1980 Belgium Rudy Delehouzee (BEL)
1981 Belgium Jozef Lieckens (BEL)
1982 Belgium Rudy Dhaenens (BEL)
1983 Switzerland Benno Wiss (SUI)
1984 Switzerland Benno Wiss (SUI)
1985 Switzerland Guido Winterberg (SUI)
1986 Switzerland Othmar Häfliger (SUI)
1987 Belgium Luc Govaerts (BEL)
1988 Belgium Nico Roose (BEL)
1989 Soviet Union Viatcheslav Ekimov (URS)
1990 Germany Uwe Preissler (GER)
1991 United Kingdom John Hughes (GBR)
1992 Belgium Erwin Thijs (BEL)
1993 Germany Sven Teutenberg (GER)
1994 Latvia Dainis Ozols (LAT)
1995 Latvia Romāns Vainšteins (LAT)
1996 Netherlands Koos Moerenhout (NED) Rabobank
1997 Belgium Mario Aerts (BEL) Vlaanderen 2002–Eddy Merckx
1998 Denmark Frank Høj (DEN) Palmans Ideal
1999 Denmark Tayeb Braikia (DEN) Acceptcard Pro Cycling
2000 Italy Daniele Nardello (ITA) Mapei–Quick-Step
2001 Belgium Chris Peers (BEL) Cofidis
2002 Australia Robbie McEwen (AUS) Lotto–Adecco
2003 Netherlands Gerben Löwik (NED) BankGiroLoterij
2004 France Jimmy Casper (FRA) Cofidis
2005 Italy Marco Zanotti (ITA) Liquigas–Bianchi
2006 Belgium Kevin van Impe (BEL) Quick-Step–Innergetic
2007 Belgium Gert Steegmans (BEL) Quick-Step–Innergetic
2008 Spain Juan Antonio Flecha (ESP) Rabobank
2009 United States Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin–Slipstream
2010 United Kingdom Adam Blythe (GBR) Omega Pharma–Lotto
2011 Australia Robbie McEwen (AUS) Team RadioShack
2012 Belgium Jürgen Roelandts (BEL) Lotto–Belisol
2013 Belgium Jens Debusschere (BEL) Lotto–Belisol
2014 France Arnaud Démare (FRA) FDJ.fr
2015 France Alexis Gougeard (FRA) AG2R La Mondiale
2016 Netherlands Dylan Groenewegen (NED) LottoNL–Jumbo
2017 United Kingdom Daniel McLay (GBR) Fortuneo–Oscaro
2018 Denmark Mads Pedersen (DEN) Trek–Segafredo
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