Flemish Cycling Week
# Flemish Cycling Week

The Flemish Cycling Week (Dutch:Vlaamse Wielerweek) or simply Flemish Week, is a series of five road cycling races held in Flanders in late March and early April.

The series in fact spans two weeks. It has begun with Classic Brugge–De Panne since 2018 and ends 11–12 days later with the Tour of Flanders, which is the most important race of the series.

## Events

Since 2018, the series has consisted of five one-day races:

* Classic Brugge–De Panne, on Wednesday of the week before the Tour of Flanders. Known as Three Days of De Panne until 2017 and held as stage race from Tuesday to Thursday in the same week as the Tour of Flanders
* E3 Saxo Bank Classic, on Friday or Saturday of the week before the Tour of Flanders. Previously known by other names, including E3 Harelbeke.
* Gent–Wevelgem, on Sunday before the Tour of Flanders
* Dwars door Vlaanderen, until 2017 held on Wednesday of the week before the Tour of Flanders, since 2018 in the same week
* Tour of Flanders, the final race of the series

Originally the Brabantse Pijl was part of the Flemish Cycling Week as it was run the Sunday before the Tour of Flanders, but in 2010 it was rescheduled to a later date, because the race course was more suitable for riders participating in the Ardennes classics. The gap in the calendar was filled by Gent-Wevelgem, which used to be held on the Wednesday after the Tour of Flanders.

## Winners (since 1990)

### From 1990 till 2009

| Edition | Dwars door Vlaanderen | E3 Harelbeke | Brabantse Pijl | Three Days of De Panne | Gent–Wevelgem | Tour of Flanders |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1990 | Edwig Van Hooydonck (BEL) | Søren Lilholt (DEN) | Frans Maassen (NED) | Erwin Nijboer (NED) | Herman Frison (BEL) | Moreno Argentin (ITA) |
| 1991 | Eric Vanderaerden (BEL) | Olaf Ludwig (GER) | Edwig Van Hooydonck (BEL) | Jelle Nijdam (NED) | Djamolidine Abdoujaparov (URS) | Edwig Van Hooydonck (BEL) |
| 1992 | Olaf Ludwig (GER) | Johan Museeuw (BEL) | Johan Capiot (BEL) | Frans Maassen (NED) | Mario Cipollini (ITA) | Jacky Durand (FRA) |
| 1993 | Johan Museeuw (BEL) | Mario Cipollini (ITA) | Edwig Van Hooydonck (BEL) | Eric Vanderaerden (BEL) | Mario Cipollini (ITA) | Johan Museeuw (BEL) |
| 1994 | Carlo Bomans (BEL) | Andrei Tchmil (MDA) | Michele Bartoli (ITA) | Fabio Roscioli (ITA) | Wilfried Peeters (BEL) | Gianni Bugno (ITA) |
| 1995 | Jelle Nijdam (NED) | Bart Leysen (BEL) | Edwig Van Hooydonck (BEL) | Michele Bartoli (ITA) | Lars Michaelsen (DEN) | Johan Museeuw (BEL) |
| 1996 | Tristan Hoffman (NED) | Carlo Bomans (BEL) | Johan Museeuw (BEL) | Viatcheslav Ekimov (RUS) | Tom Steels (BEL) | Michele Bartoli (ITA) |
| 1997 | Andrei Tchmil (UKR) | Hendrik Van Dijck (BEL) | Gianluca Pianegonda (ITA) | Johan Museeuw (BEL) | Philippe Gaumont (FRA) | Rolf Sørensen (DEN) |
| 1998 | Tom Steels (BEL) | Johan Museeuw (BEL) | Johan Museeuw (BEL) | Michele Bartoli (ITA) | Frank Vandenbroucke (BEL) | Johan Museeuw (BEL) |
| 1999 | Johan Museeuw (BEL) | Peter Van Petegem (BEL) | Michele Bartoli (ITA) | Peter Van Petegem (BEL) | Tom Steels (BEL) | Peter Van Petegem (BEL) |
| 2000 | Tristan Hoffman (NED) | Serguei Ivanov (RUS) | Johan Museeuw (BEL) | Viatcheslav Ekimov (RUS) | Geert Van Bondt (BEL) | Andrei Tchmil (BEL) |
| 2001 | Nico Eeckhout (BEL) | Andrei Tchmil (BEL) | Michael Boogerd (NED) | Nico Mattan (BEL) | George Hincapie (USA) | Gianluca Bortolami (ITA) |
| 2002 | Baden Cooke (AUS) | Dario Pieri (ITA) | Fabien De Waele (BEL) | Peter Van Petegem (BEL) | Mario Cipollini (ITA) | Andrea Tafi (ITA) |
| 2003 | Robbie McEwen (AUS) | Steven de Jongh (NED) | Michael Boogerd (NED) | Raivis Belohvoščiks (LAT) | Andreas Klier (GER) | Peter Van Petegem (BEL) |
| 2004 | Ludovic Capelle (BEL) | Tom Boonen (BEL) | Luca Paolini (ITA) | George Hincapie (USA) | Tom Boonen (BEL) | Steffen Wesemann (GER) |
| 2005 | Nico Eeckhout (BEL) | Tom Boonen (BEL) | Óscar Freire (ESP) | Stijn Devolder (BEL) | Nico Mattan (BEL) | Tom Boonen (BEL) |
| 2006 | Frederik Veuchelen (BEL) | Tom Boonen (BEL) | Óscar Freire (ESP) | Leif Hoste (BEL) | Thor Hushovd (NOR) | Tom Boonen (BEL) |
| 2007 | Tom Boonen (BEL) | Tom Boonen (BEL) | Óscar Freire (ESP) | Alessandro Ballan (ITA) | Marcus Burghardt (GER) | Alessandro Ballan (ITA) |
| 2008 | Sylvain Chavanel (FRA) | Kurt Asle Arvesen (NOR) | Sylvain Chavanel (FRA) | Joost Posthuma (NED) | Óscar Freire (ESP) | Stijn Devolder (BEL) |
| 2009 | Kevin Van Impe (BEL) | Filippo Pozzato (ITA) | Anthony Geslin (FRA) | Frederik Willems (BEL) | Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR) | Stijn Devolder (BEL) |
| | Dwars door Vlaanderen | E3 Harelbeke | Brabantse Pijl | Three Days of De Panne | Gent–Wevelgem | Tour of Flanders |

### From 2010 till 2017

| Edition | Dwars door Vlaanderen | E3 Harelbeke | Gent–Wevelgem | Three Days of De Panne | Tour of Flanders |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2010 | Matti Breschel (DEN) | Fabian Cancellara (SUI) | Bernhard Eisel (AUT) | David Millar (GBR) | Fabian Cancellara (SUI) |
| 2011 | Nick Nuyens (BEL) | Fabian Cancellara (SUI) | Tom Boonen (BEL) | Sébastien Rosseler (BEL) | Nick Nuyens (BEL) |
| 2012 | Niki Terpstra (NED) | Tom Boonen (BEL) | Tom Boonen (BEL) | Sylvain Chavanel (FRA) | Tom Boonen (BEL) |
| 2013 | Oscar Gatto (ITA) | Fabian Cancellara (SUI) | Peter Sagan (SVK) | Sylvain Chavanel (FRA) | Fabian Cancellara (SUI) |
| 2014 | Niki Terpstra (NED) | Peter Sagan (SVK) | John Degenkolb (GER) | Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (BEL) | Fabian Cancellara (SUI) |
| 2015 | Jelle Wallays (BEL) | Geraint Thomas (GBR) | Luca Paolini (ITA) | Alexander Kristoff (NOR) | Alexander Kristoff (NOR) |
| 2016 | Jens Debusschere (BEL) | Michał Kwiatkowski (POL) | Peter Sagan (SVK) | Lieuwe Westra (NED) | Peter Sagan (SVK) |
| 2017 | Yves Lampaert (BEL) | Greg Van Avermaet (BEL) | Greg Van Avermaet (BEL) | Philippe Gilbert (BEL) | Philippe Gilbert (BEL) |
| | Dwars door Vlaanderen | E3 Harelbeke | Gent–Wevelgem | Three Days of De Panne | Tour of Flanders |

### From 2018

In 2018, multi-stage race Three Days of De Panne was rebranded as one-day race Classic Brugge–De Panne and moved to mid-March.

| Edition | Classic Brugge–De Panne | E3 Harelbeke | Gent–Wevelgem | Dwars door Vlaanderen | Tour of Flanders |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2018 | Elia Viviani (ITA) | Niki Terpstra (NED) | Peter Sagan (SVK) | Yves Lampaert (BEL) | Niki Terpstra (NED) |
| 2019 | Dylan Groenewegen (NED) | Zdenek Stybar (CZE) | Alexander Kristoff (NOR) | Mathieu van der Poel (NED) | Alberto Bettiol (ITA) |
| 2020 | Yves Lampaert (BEL) | Not held – SARS-CoV2 | Mads Pedersen (DEN) | Not held – SARS-CoV2 | Mathieu van der Poel (NED) |
| 2021 | Sam Bennett (IRL) | Kasper Asgreen (DEN) | Wout van Aert (BEL) | Dylan van Baarle (NED) | Kasper Asgreen (DEN) |
| 2022 | Tim Merlier (BEL) | Wout van Aert (BEL) | Biniam Girmay (ERI) | Mathieu van der Poel (NED) | Mathieu van der Poel (NED) |
| 2023 | Jasper Philipsen (BEL) | Wout van Aert (BEL) | Christophe Laporte (FRA) | Christophe Laporte (FRA) | Tadej Pogačar (SLO) |
| | Classic Brugge–De Panne | E3 Harelbeke | Gent–Wevelgem | Dwars door Vlaanderen | Tour of Flanders |
