Grote Prijs Jef Scherens
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| Race details | |
|---|---|
| Date | Early September |
| Region | Leuven, Belgium |
| English name | Grand Prix Jef Scherens |
| Local name(s) | Grote Prijs Jef Scherens (in Dutch) Grote Prijs Poeske Scherens (in Dutch) |
| Discipline | Road race |
| Competition | UCI Europe Tour |
| Type | Single-day |
| Web site | ks-leuven |
| History | |
| First edition | 1963 |
| Editions | 56 (as of 2023) |
| First winner |  Marcel Van Den Bogaert (BEL) |
| Most wins | Frans Verbeeck (BEL) (4 wins) |
| Most recent | Arnaud De Lie (BEL) |
Grote Prijs Jef Scherens is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in September in Leuven, Belgium.[1] Since 2005, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. The race is named after the seven-time professional sprint world champion Jef Scherens.[2]
The local city circuit from the 2021 UCI Road World Championships, hosted in Leuven, was largely based on the circuit that is ridden during the Grote Prijs Jef Scherens.[3]
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Winners[edit]
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References[edit]
- ^ "Tour of Leuven". FirstCycling.com. 2023.
- ^ "Grote Prijs Jef Scherens - Rondom Leuven(1.1)". ProcyclingStats. 6 October 2023.
- ^ "G.P Jef Scherens / Leuven (Bel) - Cat.1.1". Memoire-du-cyclisme.eu (in French). Retrieved 31 December 2021.