Le Samyn (1.1), Belgium
Winners, podium, distance, average speed
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The race:
Le Samyn is a single-day road race held in either late February or early March. Held in Fayt-le-Franc, southern Belgium, the race starts in Quaregnon and ends in Dour.
In 2000 the UCI classed the race as a 1.4, and then in 2002 it was downgraded to 1.5. In 2003 the UCI upgraded it to 1.3 and then in 2005 it was given its current rank, 1.1
In the year of its first organization, it was called the GP Fayt-le-Franc. After the death of the competition's first winner in 1969, José Samyn, the race was renamed the Memorial José Samyn.
The race is now simply called "Le Samyn".
There is also a women's edition of the race, called "Le Samyn des Dames"
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Podium history:
Year |
1st Place |
2nd Place |
3rd Place |
Distance |
Average Speed |
| 1968 | José Samyn 5hr 4min |
Bernard Guyot @ s.t. |
Victor van Schil @ 11min |
202.5 km | 39.996 |
| 1969 | Herman Vrijders 5hr 39min |
Roger Kindt @ 15sec |
Freddy Decloedt @ s.t. |
192 km | 33.982 |
| 1970 | Ronny de Vijver | Jacques Zwaenepoel | André Dierickx | ||
| 1971 | Julien van Lint 5hr 7min |
Etienne Sonck @ 2sec |
Ronny de Vijver @ s.t. |
200 km | 38.09 |
| 1972 | Marc Demeyer 4hr 53sec |
Gérard Hendrickx @ 1min 40sec |
Willy Vanneste @ 1min 45sec |
194 km | 39.863 |
| 1973 | Louis Verredt 4hr 45min |
Christian de Buysschere @ 1 length |
Eric Wijckaert @ s.t. |
185 km | 38.95 |
| 1974 | André Dierickx 5hr 22min |
Ferdy Bracke @ s.t. |
Gustaaf van Roosbroeck @ 30sec |
184 km | 34.286 |
| 1975 | Alain Santy 4hr 52min |
Ronald De Witte @ s.t. |
Eric Leman @ 35sec |
194 km | 39.86 |
| 1976 | Dirk Baert | Jacques Martin | Ferdi van den Haute | ||
| 1977 | Michel Perin | Rudy Pevenage | Frans van Vlierberghe | ||
| 1978 | Herman van Springel | Frank Hoste | Marc Demeyer | ||
| 1979 | Adrie Schipper | Roger Verschaeve | Ferdi van den Haute | ||
| 1980 | Gery Verlinden | Michel Pollentier | José De Cauwer | ||
| 1981 | Pol Verschuere | Adri van der Poel | Patrick Versluys | ||
| 1982 | Jozef Jacobs | Daniel Willems | Pol Verschuere | ||
| 1983 | Jacques van Meer | Luc Colijn | Ludo de Keulenaer | ||
| 1984 | Daniel Rossel | Ludwig Wijnants | Alain de Roo | ||
| 1985 | Ronny van Holen | Paul Haghedooren | Luc Meersman | ||
| 1986 | Patrick Onnockx | Marc Sergeant | William Tackaert | ||
| 1987 | Claude Criquielion | Patrick Onnockx | Edwig van Hooydonck | ||
| 1988 | Race not held | ||||
| 1989 | Hendrick Redant | Jean-Marie Wampers | Jerry Cooman | ||
| 1990 | Hendrik Redant | Frank Pirard | Peter Pieters | ||
| 1991 | Johnny Dauwe | Eric Vanderaerden | Hendrik Redant | ||
| 1992 | Johan Capiot | Eric Vanderaerden | Jean-Pierre Heynderickx | ||
| 1993 | Wilfried Nelissen | Johan Museeuw | Johan Capiot | ||
| 1994 | Johan Capiot | Peter de Clercq | Ludo Dierckxsens | ||
| 1995 | Johan Capiot | Johan Verstrepen | Nico Mattan | ||
| 1996 | Hans de Meester | Stéphane Hennebert | Ludo Dierckxsens | ||
| 1997 | Michel Vanhaecke | Jo Planckaert | Kris Gerits | ||
| 1998 | Ludovic Auger | Mario Aerts | Tom Desmet | ||
| 1999 | Thierry Marichal | Erwin Thijs | John Talen | ||
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| 2000 | Frank Høy | Roger Hammond | Jan Boven | ||
| 2001 | Kris Gerrits | Peter Farazijn | Bert Hiemstra | ||
| 2002 | Magnus Bäckstedt | Stijn Devolder | Gordon McCauley | ||
| 2003 | Stefan van Dijk | Gert Vanderaerden | Jeroen Blijlevens | ||
| 2004 | Robbie McEwen 4hr 31min |
Ludovic Capelle @ s.t. |
Jan Koerts @ s.t. |
184 km | 40.74 |
| 2005 | Race cancelled because of snow | ||||
| 2006 | Renaud Dion | Philippe Gilbert | Matti Breschel | ||
| 2007 | Jimmy Casper | Philippe Gilbert | Bastiaan Giling | ||
| 2008 | Philippe Gilbert | Kevyn Ista | Aleksejs Saramotins | ||
| 2009 | Wouter Weylandt 4hr 43min 28sec |
Rémi Cusin @ s.t. |
Björn Leukemans @ 6sec |
191.9 km | 40.619 |
| 2010 | Jens Keukeleire 4hr 34min 35sec |
Grégory Joseph @ s.t. |
Cédric Pineau @ s.t. |
191.9 km | 42.195 |
| 2011 | Domink Klemme 4hr 43min 44sec |
Kevyn Ista @ 8sec |
Robert Wagner @ 9sec |
193.1 | 40.834 |
| 2012 | Arnaud Démare 4hr 31min 17sec |
Kris Boeckmans @ s.t. |
Adrien Petit @ s.t. |
187.9 km | 41.56 |
| 2013 | Alexey Tsatevich 5hr 5min 19sec |
Kris Boeckmans @ s.t. |
Adrien Petit @ s.t. |
206 km | 40.48 |
| 2014 | Maxime Vantomme 4hr 36min 20sec |
Alexey Tsatevich @ s.t. |
Nacer Bouhanni @ s.t. |
195.9 km | 42.536 |
| 2015 | Kris Boeckmans 4hr 47min 1sec |
Gianni Meersman @ s.t. |
Christophe Laporte @ s.t. |
201 km | 41.018 |
| 2016 | Niki Terpstra 4hr 52min 52sec |
Scott Thwaites @ 19sec |
Florian Sénéchal @ 37sec |
202.6 km | 41.507 |
| 2017 | Guillaume van Keirsbulck 4hr 53min 55sec |
Alex Kirsch @ s.t. |
Iljo Keisse @ 11sec |
202 km | 41.236 km/hr |
| 2018 | Niki Terpstra 4hr 47min 48sec |
Philippe Gilbert @ 4sec |
Damien Gaudin @ 46sec |
200 km | 41.696 km/hr |
| 2019 | Florian Senechal 4hr 38min 20sec |
Aime de Gendt @ s.t. |
Niki Terpstra @ s.t. |
201.4 km | 43.416 km/hr |
| 2020 | Hugo Hofstetter 4hr 42min 2sec |
Aime De Gendt @ s.t. |
David Dekker @ s.t. |
201.9 km | 42.952 km/hr |
| 2021 | Tim Merlier 4hr 34min 29sec |
Rasmus Tiller @ s.t. |
Andrea Pasqualon @ s.t. |
205.4 km | 44.899 km/hr |
| 2022 | Matteo Trentin 4hr 49min 29sec |
Hugo Hofstetter @ s.t. |
Dries De Bondt @ s.t. |
209 km | 43.319 km/hr |
| 2023 | Milan Menten 4hr 49min 28sec |
Hugo Hofstetter @ s.t. |
Edward Theuns @ s.t. |
209 km | 43.321 km/hr |
| 2024 | Laurenz Rex 4hr 38min 40sec |
António Morgado @ s.t. |
Jenthe Biermans @ s.t. |
204.3 km | 43.988 km/hr |
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