Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne

Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne

Race details
Date	Late February-Early March
Region	Flanders, Belgium
English name	Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne
Local name(s)	Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne (Dutch)
Nickname(s)	KBK
Discipline	Road
Competition	UCI Europe Tour
Type	One-day race
History
First edition	1945
Editions	60 (as of 2007)
First winner	Valère Olivier
Most recent	Tom Boonen

Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne is an important annual single-day road bicycle race held in Belgium. It is ridden on the last Sunday of February or on the first Sunday of march, one day after Omloop "Het Volk". First held up in 1945, since 2005 it has been a 1.1 rated event on the UCI Europe Tour.

List of Winners

Rider Team 1945 Valère Olivier 1946 Henri Delmuyle 1947 André Pieters 1948 Achiel Buysse 1949 Albert Decin 1950 Valére Ollivier 1951 André Declerck 1952 André Maelbrancke 1953 Leopold De Graeveleyn 1954 Leon Van Daele 1955 Joseph Planckaert 1956 Henri Denijs 1957 Joseph Verhelts 1958 Gilbert Desmet 1959 Gentiel Saelens 1960 Joseph Planckaert 1961 Alfred De Bruyne Leon Van Daele 1962 Piet Rentmeester 1963 Noél Fore 1964 Arthur De Cabooter 1965 Guido Reybrouck 1966 Gustave Desmet 1967 Daniel Van Rijckeghem 1968 Eric Leman 1969 Freddy Decloedt 1970 Roger De Vlaeminck 1971 Roger De Vlaeminck 1972 Gustaaf Van Roosbroeck 1973 Walter Planckaert 1974 Wilfried Wesemael 1975 Frans Verhaegen

Rider Team 1976 Frans Verhaegen 1977 Patrick Sercu 1978 Patrick Lefevere 1979 Walter Planckaert 1980 Jan Raas 1981 Joseph Jacobs 1982 Gregor Braun 1983 Jan Raas 1984 Jos Lammertink 1985 William Tackaert 1986 No race 1987 Ludo Peeters 1988 Hendrik Redant 1989 Edwig Van Hooydonck 1990 Hendrik Redant 1991 Johnny Dauwe 1992 Olaf Ludwig 1994 Johan Museeuw 1995 Frédéric Moncassin 1996 Rolf Sørensen 1997 Johan Museeuw 1998 Andrei Tchmil 1999 Jo Planckaert 2000 Andrei Tchmil 2001 Peter Van Petegem 2002 Jaan Kirsipuu 2003 Roy Sentjens 2004 Steven de Jongh 2005 George Hincapie 2006 Nick Nuyens 2007 Tom Boonen