Memorial Rik Van Steenbergen

Memorial Rik Van Steenbergen
Race details
Date Early September
Region Aartselaar, Belgium
English name Memorial Rik Van Steenbergen
Local name(s) Memorial Rik Van Steenbergen (Dutch)
Discipline Road
Competition UCI Europe Tour
Type Single-day
History
First edition 1991 (1991)
Editions 21 (as of 2011)
First winner  Olaf Ludwig (GER)
Most wins  Niko Eeckhout (BEL) (4 wins)
Most recent  Kenny Van Hummel (NED)

Memorial Rik Van Steenbergen is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in September in Aartselaar, Belgium. The race, paying respect the famous Belgian rider of the 40's and 50's, quickly gained importance and since 2005, it is a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour.

Winners

Rider Team
1991 Ludwig, OlafOlaf Ludwig (GER) Panasonic-Sportlife
1992 Deneut, PatrickPatrick Deneut (BEL) Lotto
1993 Cipollini, MarioMario Cipollini (ITA) GB-MG Maglificio
1994 Abdoujaparov, DjamolidineDjamolidine Abdoujaparov (UZB) Team Polti
1995 Steels, TomTom Steels (BEL) Vlaanderen 2002-Eddy Merckx
1996 Koerts, JansJans Koerts (NED) Palmans
1997 Tchmil, AndreiAndrei Tchmil (BEL) #REDIRECT Template:Cycling data LTB
1998 Svorada, JanJan Svorada (CZE) Mapei-Bricobi
1999 Figueras, GiulianoGiuliano Figueras (ITA) Mapei-Quick Step
2000 Michaelsen, LarsLars Michaelsen (DEN) Française des Jeux
2001 Eeckhout, NikoNiko Eeckhout (BEL) Lotto-Adecco
2002 Radochla, SteffenSteffen Radochla (GER) Team Coast
2003 Eeckhout, NikoNiko Eeckhout (BEL) Lotto-Domo
2004 Boonen, TomTom Boonen (BEL) Quick Step-Davitamon
2005 Nazon, Jean-PatrickJean-Patrick Nazon (FRA) AG2R Prévoyance
2006 Eeckhout, NikoNiko Eeckhout (BEL) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen
2007 Avermaet, Greg VanGreg Van Avermaet (BEL) #REDIRECT Template:Cycling data LTB
2008 Steegmans, GertGert Steegmans (BEL) Quick Step
2009 Eeckhout, NikoNiko Eeckhout (BEL) An Post–Sean Kelly Team
2010 Van Staeyen, MichaelMichael Van Staeyen (BEL) Topsport Vlaanderen-Mercator
2011 van Hummel, KennyKenny van Hummel (NED) Skil-Shimano

See also

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