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 km/hr
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