The Flèche Enghiennoise was a short-lived men's cycling race organized for the last time in 1969.[1] The course, around 200 km, was situated in Enghien,[2] on the border of the Belgian provinces Brabant and Hainaut.

Flèche Enghiennoise
Race details
DateApril
RegionWallonia (Belgium)
English nameEnghien Arrow
Local name(s)Flèche Enghiennoise (French)
DisciplineRoad
CompetitionCat. 1.2
TypeOne-day
History
First edition1965 (1965)
Editions5
Final edition1969
First winner Rik Van Looy (BEL)
Final winner Roger Pingeon (FRA)

The race always took place in the second half of April.[3]

The competition's roll of honor includes the successes of Rik Van Looy,[4] Roger Pingeon[5] and Felice Gimondi.[6]

Winners edit

Year Winner Second Third
1965   Rik Van Looy   Gustaaf Van Vaerenbergh   Urbain De Brauwer
1966   Piet Rentmeester   Jo de Roo   Julien Stevens
1967   Georges Vandenberghe   Rik Van Looy   Frans Aerenhouts
1968   Felice Gimondi   Rik Van Looy   Willy Planckaert
1969   Roger Pingeon   Herman Vrijders   André Hendricks

References edit

  1. ^ "Flèche enghiennoise (Bel) - Ex". Memoire-du-cyclisme.eu. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  2. ^ "Enghien - Magazine d'Information Communales" (PDF). www.enghien.be (in French). Retrieved 22 June 2017.
  3. ^ "Fleche Enghiennoise". FirstCycling.com. 2022.
  4. ^ "1969»Flèche enghiennoise". ProCyclingStats. 2022.
  5. ^ "Roger Pingeon, Un maillot jaune sensible et loyal". Le Dérailleur (in French). Retrieved 17 March 2017.
  6. ^ "Chronique n° 14 - Félice GIMONDI". Le Petit Braquet (in French).