Flèche du Sud

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Flèche du Sud
Race details
DateMay
RegionLuxembourg
English nameSouth Arrow
DisciplineRoad
CompetitionUCI Europe Tour
TypeStage race
Web sitewww.fleche-du-sud.lu Edit this at Wikidata
History
First edition1949 (1949)
Editions74 (as of 2025)
First winner Robert Bintz (LUX)
Most wins Charly Gaul (LUX)
 Edy Schütz (LUX)
 Roger Gilson (LUX)
 Alf Segersäll (SWE)
 Jan Ostergaard (DEN)
 Lasse Bøchman (DEN)
 Pim Ronhaar (NED)
(2 wins)
Most recent Martijn Rasenberg (NED)

The Flèche du Sud, is a road bicycle race held annually in Luxembourg. It is currently organised as a 2.2 event on the UCI Europe Tour.[1]

Winners

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Year Country Rider Team
1949  Luxembourg Robert Bintz
1951  Luxembourg Charly Gaul
1952  Luxembourg Roger Ludwig
1953  Luxembourg Charly Gaul
1954  Netherlands Willy Gramser
1955  Luxembourg Théo Simon
1956  Netherlands Rien van Grinsven
1957  Luxembourg Camille Jost
1958  Belgium Willy Vanden Berghen
1959  Luxembourg Walter Martinato
1960  Luxembourg Bruno Jacobs
1961  West Germany August Korte
1962  Belgium Nicolas Manzo
1963  Luxembourg Johny Schleck
1964  Luxembourg Edy Schütz
1965  Luxembourg Edy Schütz
1966  West Germany Ortwin Czarnowski
1967  Luxembourg Roger Gilson
1968  France Guy Boitrelle
1969  Luxembourg Roger Gilson
1970   Switzerland Walter Bürki
1971  Netherlands Fons van Katwijk
1972  West Germany Alfred Gaida
1973  Luxembourg Erny Kirchen
1974  Netherlands Johan van der Meer
1975  Italy Fausto Stiz
1976  Italy Luciano Sacher
1977  Sweden Alf Segersäll
1978  Sweden Alf Segersäll
1979  Luxembourg Conny Neiertz
1980  Portugal Acácio da Silva
1981   Switzerland Jean-Louis Schneiter
1982  Great Britain Neil Martin
1983   Switzerland Hartmut Bölts
1984  Portugal Francis da Silva
1985  Netherlands Wim Jennen
1986  Netherlands Rob Harmeling
1987  West Germany Hans-Werner Theisen
1988   Switzerland Lutz Nippen
1989   Switzerland Daniel Lanz
1990   Switzerland Alex Zülle
1991  Netherlands Robert de Poel
1992  Denmark Jan Østergaard
1993  Netherlands Lex Nederlof
1994  Germany Wolfgang Lohr
1995  Germany Klaus Diewald
1996  Netherlands Marc Lotz
1997  Italy David Dante
1998  Denmark Jan Østergaard
1999  Luxembourg Kim Kirchen
2000  Italy Giampaolo Cheula
2001  Great Britain Bradley Wiggins
2002   Switzerland Christian Weber Kewa Rad Team
2003   Switzerland David Loosli Saeco Romers
2004  Luxembourg Andy Schleck Luxembourg national team
2005  Germany Wolfram Wiese ComNet-Senges
2006  Great Britain Geraint Thomas Great Britain national team
2007  Russia Boris Shpilevsky Kio Ene-DMT
2008   Switzerland Marcel Wyss Atlas-Romer's Hausbäckerei
2009   Switzerland Simon Zahner Bürgis Cycling
2010  Denmark Lasse Bøchman Glud & Marstrand–LRØ Radgivning
2011  Denmark Lasse Bøchman Glud & Marstrand–LRØ
2012  Luxembourg Bob Jungels Leopard–Trek Continental Team
2013  Denmark Michael Valgren Team Cult Energy
2014  Belgium Gaëtan Bille Verandas Willems
2015  Spain Víctor de la Parte Team Vorarlberg
2016  Portugal Sérgio Sousa Team Vorarlberg
2017  Ukraine Matija Kvasina Mark Padun[2] Team Colpack
2018  Belgium Gianni Marchand Cibel–Cebon
2019  Belgium Quinten Hermans Telenet–Fidea Lions
2020–
2021 		No race due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Luxembourg[3]
2022  Belgium Thibau Nys Baloise–Trek Lions
2023  Netherlands Pim Ronhaar Baloise–Trek Lions
2024  Netherlands Pim Ronhaar Baloise–Trek Lions
2025  Netherlands Martijn Rasenberg Parkhotel Valkenburg

References

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  1. ^ "Flèche du Sud — UCI 2-2". British Cycling. Retrieved 27 February 2013.
  2. ^ "Kvasina positive for EPO stimulator at Fleche du Sud". cyclingnews.com. 3 July 2017. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  3. ^ Gillen, Pascal (20 December 2021). "Der Optimismus überwiegt: Organisatoren der Flèche du Sud freuen sich auf die 71. Ausgabe" [Optimism prevails: Flèche du Sud organisers are looking forward to the 71st edition]. Tageblatt (in German). Editpress. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
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