Nokere-Koerse

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Nokere-Koerse

Race details
Date	Late March
Region	Flanders, Belgium
English name	Nokere-Koerse
Local name(s)	Nokere-Koerse (Dutch)
Discipline	Road
Competition	UCI Europe Tour
Type	One-day race
History
First edition	1944
Editions	63 (as of 2008)
First winner	Marcel Kint
Most wins	3 wins: Hendrik Van Dijck
Most recent	Wouter Weylandt

Nokere-Koerse is a European semi classic single day cycle race held in the Belgian region of Flanders. Since 2005, the race has been organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour.

The Nokere-Koerse was created in 1944, initially as the Grand Prix Jules Lowie in honour of 1938 Paris-Nice winner Jules Lowie who was born in Nokere.

Only four cyclists not born in Belgium or Netherlands have been able to win this semi classic.

[edit] Winners

Rider Team 1944 Marcel Kint 1945 Briek Schotte 1946 Emanuel Thoma 1947 Berten Sercu 1948 Roger Cnockaert 1949 Ernest Sterckx 1950 Jules De Poortere 1951 Gerard Buyl 1952 Wim van Est 1953 Baziel Wambeke 1954 Jan Zagers 1955 Jozef Schils 1956 Marcel Ryckaert 1957 André Aucquier 1958 Arthur De Cabooter 1959 No race 1960 Gilbert De Smet 1961 Leon Van Daele 1962 No race 1963 Frans De Mulder 1964 Robert De Middeleir 1965 Arthur De Cabooter 1966 Jacques De Boever 1967 Walter Godefroot 1968 Frans Brands 1969 Roger Rosiers 1970 Andre Dierickx 1971 Herman Van Springel 1972 Tony Houbrechts 1973 Noël Vantyghem 1974 Freddy Maertens 1975 Marc Demeyer

Rider Team 1976 Luc Leman 1977 Frans Van Looy 1978 Gustaaf Van Roosbroeck 1979 Hendrik De Vos 1980 Jos van der Poel 1981 Gerrie Knetemann 1982 William Tackaert 1983 Walter Schoonjans 1984 Jan Bogaert 1985 Didier Foubert 1986 Luc Colyn 1987 Etienne De Wilde 1988 Patrick Versluys 1989 Rik Van Slycke 1990 Herman Frison 1991 Koen Van Rooy 1992 Johan Capiot 1993 Michel Cornelisse 1994 Peter De Clerq 1995 Jo Planckaert 1996 Hendrik Van Dijck 1997 Hendrik Van Dijck 1998 Scott Sunderland 1999 Jeroen Blijlevens 2000 Hendrik Van Dijck 2001 Michel Van Haecke 2002 Aurélien Clerc 2003 Matthé Pronk 2004 Max van Heeswijk 2005 Steven de Jongh 2006 Bert Roesems 2007 Leon van Bon 2008 Wouter Weylandt

[edit] External links

• Official Website (Dutch)