Nationale Sluitingsprijs

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Nationale Sluitingsprijs

Race details
Date	Mid-October
Region	Flanders, Belgium
Local name(s)	Nationale Sluitingprijs (French)
Discipline	Road race
Competition	UCI Europe Tour
Type	Single-day
History
First edition	1929
Editions	74 (as of 2007)
First winner	Alexander Maes
Most wins	Frans van Looy Adri van der Poel :3 times
Most recent	Floris Goesinnen

Nationale Sluitingprijs is a semi classic European bicycle race held annually in Putte (Kapellen), Belgium. Since 2005, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. Established in 1929, it is one of the last European races of the season.

[edit] Winners

Rider Team 1929 Alexander Maes 1930 Georges Ronsse 1931 Godfried De Vocht 1932 Leo De Rijck 1933 Leo De Rijck 1934 Jozef Horemans 1935 Gustave Reyns 1936 Frans Dictus 1937 Karel Kaers 1938 Albert Gijsen 1939- 1942 No race 1943 Frans Hotag 1944 No race 1945 Theo Middelkamp 1946 Victor Jacobs 1947 Albrecht Ramon 1948 Léon Daenekynt 1949 André Declerck 1950 Arthur Mommerency 1951 René Janssens 1952 René Janssens 1953 Jozef Schils 1954 Jean Bogaerts 1955 Karel De Baere 1956 Roger Verplaetse 1957 Roger Decock 1958 Karel De Baere 1959 Joseph Planckaert 1960 Emile Daems 1961 Piet Rentmeester 1962 Ludo Janssens 1963 Gustaaf Desmet 1964 Gustaaf Desmet 1965 Frans Brands 1966 Henk Nijdam 1967 Eddy Merckx 1968 Frans Brands 1969 René Pijnen

Rider Team 1970 Daniel Vanryckeghem 1971 Roger Swerts 1972 Gustaaf Van Roosbroeck 1973 Gustaaf Van Roosbroeck 1974 Frans van Looy 1975 Johan van Katwijk 1976 Herman Van Springel 1977 Frans van Looy 1978 Jos Jacobs 1979 Frans van Looy 1980 Patrick Lerno 1981 Jan Bogaert 1982 Luc Colyn 1983 Adrie van der Poel 1984 Dirk Heirweg 1985 Jean-Marie Wampers 1986 Adrie van der Poel 1987 Adrie van der Poel 1988 Jerry Cooman 1989 Benjamin Van Itterbeeck 1990 Ludo Giesberts 1991 Herman Frison 1992 Paul Haghedooren 1993 Wim Omloop 1994 Maarten den Bakker 1995 Tom Steels 1996 Peter Spaenhoven 1997 John Talen 1998 Wilfried Peeters 1999 Dave Bruylandts 2000 Steven de Jongh 2001 Wesley Van Speybroeck 2002 Geert Omloop 2003 Nick Nuyens 2004 Max van Heeswijk 2005 Gert Steegmans 2006 Gorik Gardeyn 2007 Floris Goesinnen Skil-Shimano

[edit] External links

• Official site (Dutch)