Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen (2.1), Belgium

(3 Days of West Flanders)

Winners, podium, distance, average speed

The Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen (in English: 3 Days of West Flanders) is a 3-day Belgian stage race held in early March. It is also now known as the Johan Museeuw Classics. The race dates back to 1945 when it was known as the Omloop der Vlaamse Ardennen (Tour of the Flemish Ardennes).

Between 1999 and 2002 it was called Guldensporentweedaagse. Say that really fast 5 times. Riders use it to prepare for the Classics season. With its generous use of cobbled roads and its (usually) brutal Flemish spring weather, its a perfect training course for those with Flanders or Paris–Roubaix ambitions. With it prestigious 2.1 ranking, it attacts a fine field.

In earlier incarnations of the race, winners have included Marcel Kint, Raymond Impanis, Eric De Vlaeminck, Patick Sercu, Frans Verbeeck and Johan Museeuw.

Year	1st Place	2nd Place	3rd Place	Distance	Average Speed km/hr
1996	Wilfried Peeters 4hr 0min	Johan Museeuw @ s.t.	Hendrik Redant @ 33sec	170 km ( 1 stage)	42.500
1997	Leon Van Bon 3hr 59min	Erik Dekker @ 8sec	Tom Desmet @ 9sec	170 km (1 stage)	42.678
1998	Jesper Skibby 4hr 31min	Lars Michaelsen @ s.t.	Hans De Meester @ 30sec	184 km (1 stage)	40.730
1999	Wilfried Peeters 8hr 57min 35sec	Michael Stein Nielsen @ 1min 11sec	Steven De Jongh @ 1min 13sec	362 km (2 stages)	40.403
2000	Servais Knaven 9hr 2min 40sec	Lars Michaelsen @ s.t.	Jacob Moe Rasmussen @ 2sec	360 km (2 stages)	39.803
2001	Erik Dekker 8hr 23min 45sec	Michael Boogerd @ 11sec	Steven De Jongh @ s.t.	357.2 km	42.545
2002	Erik Dekker 8hr 41min 39sec	Steven Van Malderghem @ 28sec	Olaf Pollack @ 29sec	355 km (2 stages + prologue)	40.832
2003	Jaan Kirsipuu 9hr 1min	Jimmy Casper @ 4sec	Lauri Aus @ 16sec	378 km (2 stages + prologue)	41.922
2004	Robert Bartko 8hr 59min 57sec	Jaan Kirsipuu @ 13sec	Kurt Asle Arvesen @ 16sec	382.4 km (2 stages + prologue)	42.493
2005	Race cancelled because of bad weather
2006	Niko Eeckhout 13hr 3min 33sec	Robbie McEwen @ 2sec	Matti Breschel @ 3sec	535.7 km (3 stages)	41.020
2007	Jimmy Casper 12hr 58min 36sec	Wouter Weylandt @ 5sec	Stefan Van Dijk @ 11sec	536.8 km (3 stages)	41.366
2008	Bobbie Traksel 12hr 57min 1sec	Niko Eeckhout @ 4sec	Serguei Ivanov @ 15sec	543.5 km (3 stages)	41.968
2009	Johnny Hoogerland 13hr 54sec	Kevin Ista @ 13sec	Jens Mouris @ 23sec	545 km (3 stages)	41.874
2010	Jens Keukeleire 12hr 56min 39sec	Kris Boeckmans @ 3sec	Bobbie Traksel @ 7sec	554.6 km (3 stages)	42.846
2011	Jesse Sergent 8hr 33min 2sec	Sebastien Rosseler @ 10sec	Michal Kwiatkowski @ s.t.	385.4 km (prologue + 2 stages)	45.073

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