Nokere Koerse (HC), Belgium
Winners, podium, distance, average speed
The Nokere Koerse is a single-day professional road race run in Flanders, in northern Belgium. This early season race has attained the status of a semi-classic.
The Nokere Koerse is almost the property of Belgian and Dutch racers. As of 2014, Belgians and Dutchmen have won all but six editions. Belgian rider Hendrik van Dijk, a superb rider of the 1990s, currently (2015) holds the record for most wins of the race at three: 1996, 1997 and 2000.
When the race was created in 1944 it was called the Grand Prix Jules Lowie, after a great Belgian racer of the 1930s and 1940s. Lowie's greatest accomplishment was winning the 1938 Paris-Nice. I think it was in 1947 that it was renamed Nokere Koerse.
Bad weather caused the cancellation of the 2013 edition. Also, the race was not run in 1959 and 1962.
The Nokere Koerse is part of the UCI Europe Tour.
Year |
1st Place |
2nd Place |
3rd Place |
Distance |
Average Speed
|
1944 | Marcel Kint | Theo Middelkamp | Gustaaf van Overloop | ||
1945 | Briek Schotte 3h 30min |
Michel Remue @ s.t. |
Désiré Keteleer @ s.t. |
125 km | 35.714 |
1946 | Emmanuel Thoma 3hr 35min |
André Pieters @ 1 length |
Briek Schotte @ s.t. |
120 km | 30.901 |
1947 | Albert Sercu 3hr 55min |
Michel Remue @ 30 meters |
Odiel Vander Meerschaut @ 4min |
150 km | 38.298 |
1948 | Roger Cnockaert 3hr 50min |
André Declerck @ 1 length |
Jérôme Renier @ s.t. |
131 km | 34.174 |
1949 | Ernest Stierckx 3hr 25min |
Maurice Desimplaere @ s.t. |
Michel Remue @ s.t. |
140 km | 40.974 |
1950 | Jules Depoorter 3hr 36min |
Roger Decock @ 15sec |
René Janssens @ 25sec |
150 km | 41.667 |
1951 | Gérard Buyl 3hr 35min |
Maurice Bloome @ s.t. |
Valèkre Ollivier @ s.t. |
150 km | 41.869 |
1952 | Win van Est 4hr 25min |
André Pieters @ 7min |
Rafael Jonckheere @ 7min 55sec |
166 km | 37.584 |
1953 | Basile Wambeke 4hr 17min |
Henri Jochums @ 1 wheel length |
Julien Pascal @ s.t. |
152 km | 35.486 |
1954 | Jan Zagers 5hr 7min |
Roger Decock @ 2 bike lengths |
Roger Desmet @ s.t. |
175 km | 34.202 |
1955 | Joseph Schils 4hr 26min |
Briek Schotte @ 10sec |
Henri Denijs @ s.t. |
175 km | 39.474 |
1956 | Marcel Rijckaert 4hr 20min |
Roger Declercq @ s.t. |
Lucien Mathys @ s.t. |
175 km | 40.385 |
1957 | André Auquier 5hr 6min |
Pino Cerami @ 45sec |
Francis Kemplaire @ s.t. |
185 km | 36.274 |
1958 | Arthur De Cabooter 4h 33min |
Gilbert Desmet @ s.t. |
Julien Schepens @ s.t. |
172 km | 37.802 |
1959 | Race not run | ||||
1960 | Gilbert Desmet 4hr 7min |
Lode Troonbeeckx @ s.t. |
Léopold Rosseel @ s.t. |
165 km | 40.081 |
1961 | Léon van Daele 3hr 30min |
Jozef Vloeberghs @ s.t. |
Gilbert Maes @ s.t. |
150 km | 42.857 |
1962 | Race not run | ||||
1963 | Frans de Mulder | Daniel Doom | Norbert Kerkhove | ||
1964 | Robert de Middeleir | Léon van Daele | André Noyelle | ||
1965 | Arthur de Cabooter 4hr 20min |
Joseph Mathy @ 1min 40sec |
Gustaaf de Smet @ 1min 55sec |
168 km | 38.768 |
1966 | Jaak de Boever 3hr 55min |
Oswald Declercq @ 35sec |
Reindert de Jongh @ s.t. |
150 km | 38.296 |
1967 | Walter Godefroot 3hr 49min |
Jacques de Boever @ 15sec |
Roger Blockx @ 20sec |
150 km | 39.301 |
1968 | Frans Brands 3hr 45min |
Roger Cooreman @ 4 bike lengths |
Michel Jacquemin @ 30sec |
150 km | 40.00 |
1969 | Roger Rosiers 5hr 15min |
Frans Mintjens @ 45sec |
Michel Jacquemin @ s.t. |
213 km | 40.571 |
1970 | André Dierickx 4hr 6min |
Patrick Sercu @ 2min |
Bernard Vanderkerkhove @ s.t. |
150 km | 36.584 |
1971 | Herman van Springel | Eric Leman | Maurice Eyers | ||
1972 | Antoon Houbrechts | Ronny van Marcke | Willy Planckaert | ||
1973 | Noël Vantyghem | Claude Magni | Gerard Vianen | ||
1974 | Freddy Maertens | Pierino Gavazzi | Ronny de Witte | ||
1975 | Marc Demeyer 3hr 40min |
Willy Teirlinck @ 50sec |
Jan Raas @ s.t. |
150 km | 40.91 |
1976 | Luc Leman | Luc de Brauwere | Geert Malfait | ||
1977 | Frans van Looy | Gerrie Knetemann | Roberto Ceruti | ||
1978 | Gustaaf van Roosbroeck | Jan Aling | Jozef Jacobs | ||
1979 | Hendrick Devos | William Tackaert | Antoon Houbrechts | ||
1980 | Jos Van de Poel | Johan Van der Velde | Paul Jesson | ||
1981 | Gerrie Knetemann | Herman van Springel | Claude Criquielion | ||
1982 | William Tackaert | Ludo de Keulenaer | Rudy Matthijs | ||
1983 | Walter Schoonjans 3hr 33min |
Patrick Cocquyt @ 45sec |
Gerard Veldscholten @ s.t. |
147 km | 41.41 |
1984 | Jan Bogaert 3hr 23min |
Patrick Versluys @ s.t. |
Erik Stevens @ s.t. |
147 km | 43.49 |
1985 | Didier Foubert | Patrick Versluys | Jan Bogaert | ||
1986 | Luc Colijn 3hr 42min |
Jan van Camp @ 10sec |
Ronny van Holden @ 35sec |
154km | 41.62 |
1987 | Etienne de Wilde | Franky van Oyen | Ludo Giesberts | ||
1988 | Patrick Versluys 4hr 42min |
Yves Godimus @ 25sec |
Danny Janssens @ s.t. |
180 km | 38.30 |
1989 | Rik van Slijcke 4hr 6min |
Andrzej Mierzejewski @ s.t. |
Peter Spaenhoven @ s.t. |
165 km | 40.34 |
1990 | Herman Frison | Roger Van den Bossche | Filip van Vooren | ||
1991 | Koen van Rooy | Johan Capiot | Martien Kokkelkoren | ||
1992 | Johan Capiot | Peter de Clercq | Benjamin van Itterbeeck | ||
1993 | Michel Cornelisse 3hr 40min |
Jan Bogaert @ s.t. |
Mario de Clercq @ s.t. |
156 km | 43.54 |
1994 | Peter de Clercq |
Michel Cornelisse @ 14sec |
Chris Peers @ s.t. |
156 km | 42.74 |
1995 | Jo Planckaert | Michel Vermote @ s.t. |
Geert van Bondt @ s.t. |
153.6 km | |
1996 | Hendrik van Dijk 3hr 58min |
Jelle Nijdam @ 3sec |
Michel Cornelisse @ 9sec |
154 km | 38.82 |
1997 | Hendrik van Dijk 4hr 40min |
Win Feys @ 20sec |
Bart Voskamp @ s.t. |
160 km | 39.34 |
1998 | Scott Sunderland 3hr 38min |
Leon van Bon @ s.t. |
Chris Peers @ s.t. |
154 km | 42.39 |
1999 | Jeroen Blijevens 4hr 37min |
Michel van Haecke @ s.t. |
Wilfried Cretskens @ s.t. |
192 km | 41.59 |
2000 | Hendrik van Dijck 4hr 44min |
Nico Mattan @ s.t. |
Jans Koerts @ 5sec |
193.7 km | 40.92 |
2001 | Michel van Haecke 4hr 39min |
Bart Voskamp @ 4sec |
Niko Eeckhout @ s.t. |
193.4 | 41.59 |
2002 | Aurélien Clerc 4hr 27min |
Jans Koerts @ 3sec |
Steven de Jongh @ 5sec |
193.4 km | 43.46 |
2003 | Matthé Pronk 4hr 24min |
Magnus Bäckstedt @ s.t. |
Hendrik van Dijck @ s.t. |
193 km | 43.86 |
2004 | Max van Heeswijk 4hr 25min |
Rudi Kemna @ s.t. |
Jo Planckaert @ s.t. |
193 km | 43.70 |
2005 | Steven de Jongh 4hr 29min |
Igor Abakoumov @ s.t. |
Geert Omloop @ s.t. |
193.2 km | 43.09 |
2006 | Bert Roesems 4hr 32min |
Wouter Weylandt @ 27sec |
Jeremy Hunt @ s.t. |
193.2 km | 42.62 |
2007 | Leon van Bon 4hr 50min 50sec |
Aart Vierhouten @ 18sec |
Geert Steurs @ 35sec |
197.5 km | 40.755 |
2008 | Wouter Weylandt 4hr 48min 31sec |
Jürgen Roelandts @ s.t. |
André Greipel @ s.t. |
196.9 km | 40.946 |
2009 | Graeme Brown 4hr 22min |
Ben Swift @ s.t. |
Sébastien Chavanel @ s.t. |
192.9 km | 44.176 |
2010 | Jens Keukeleire 4hr 35min 0sec |
Kris Boeckmans @ s.t. |
Bobbie Traksel @ s.t. |
192.9 km | 42.087 |
2011 | Gert Steegmans 4hr 42min 16sec |
Stefan can Dijk @ s.t. |
Graeme Brown @ s.t. |
195.9 km | 41.641 |
2012 | Francesco Chicchi 4hr 19min 42sec |
Kris Boeckmans @ s.t. |
Boy van Poppel @ s.t. |
195.9 km | 45.259 |
2013 | Race cancelled because of bad weather | ||||
2014 | Kenny de Haes 4hr 21min 39sec |
Tom van Asbroeck @ s.t. |
Nacer Bouhanni @ s.t. |
199.3 km | 45.702 |
2015 | Kris Boeckmans 4hr 26min 50sec |
Justin Jules @ s.t. |
Scott Thwaites @ s.t. |
197.7 km | 44.454 |
2016 | Timothy Dupont 4hr 34min 39sec |
Kristoffer Halvorsen @ s.t. |
Dylan Groenewegen @ s.t. |
199.5 km | 43.582 km/hr |
2017 | Nacer Bouhanni 4hr 7min 31sec |
Adam Blythe @ s.t. |
Joeri Stallaert @ s.t. |
192.3 km | 46.615 km/hr |
2018 | Fabio Jakobsen 4hr 32min 56sec |
Amaury Capiot @ s.t. |
Hugo Hofstetter @ s.t. |
191.1 km | 42.010 km/hr |
2019 | Cees Bol 4hr 32min 37sec |
Pascal Ackermann @ s.t. |
Jasper Philipsen @ s.t. |
195.6 km | 43.050 km/hr |
2020 | Race cancelled because of coronavirus |