Brabantse Pijl

Brabantse Pijl
Race details
Date mid-April
Region Flemish Brabant & Walloon Brabant, Belgium
English name Brabant Arrow
Local name(s) Brabantse Pijl (in Dutch)
La Flèche Brabançonne (in French)
Discipline Road
Competition UCI ProSeries
Type Single-day
Organiser WSC Rode Sportief Beersel
Race director Pascal Demol
Web site www.debrabantsepijl.be/en
History
First edition 1961
Editions 63 (as of 2023)
First winner Pino Cerami (BEL)
Most wins Edwig Van Hooydonck (BEL) (4 wins)
Most recent Dorian Godon (FRA)
Finish in Overijse, 2015

The Brabantse Pijl (English: Brabant Arrow, French: Flèche Brabançonne or Flèche Branconne) is a Flanders Classics road bicycle race held annually in Flemish Brabant and in Walloon Brabant, Belgium. The race was organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour from 2005 to 2009, a 1.HC event from 2010 to 2019, and since 2020 has been part of the UCI ProSeries.

Zaventem used to be the city of start; in 2008 however, Leuven became the place of start. Until 2009, the finish was located in Alsemberg and, in 2010, it moved to Overijse. Also in 2010, the fixed date of the Brabantse Pijl shifted from the Sunday before the Tour of Flanders to the Wednesday before the Amstel Gold Race.

In 2011, the race was upgraded to a 1.HC event. Edwig Van Hooydonck holds the record for most wins in the race with four between 1987 and 1995.


Winners

Year Country Rider Team
1961 Belgium Pino Cerami Peugeot–BP–Dunlop
1962 Belgium Ludo Janssens Solo–Van Steenbergen
1963 Belgium Joseph Wouters Solo-Terrot
1964 Italy Arnaldo Pambianco Salvarani
1965 Belgium Willy Bocklant Flandria–Romeo
1966 Netherlands Jan Janssen Pelforth–Sauvage–Lejeune
1967 Belgium Roger Rosiers Mann–Grundig
1968 Belgium Victor Van Schil Faema
1969 Belgium Willy In't Ven Mann–Grundig
1970 Belgium Herman Van Springel Mann–Grundig
1971 Belgium Joseph Spruyt Molteni
1972 Belgium Eddy Merckx Molteni
1973 Belgium Johan De Muynck Flandria–Carpenter–Shimano
1974 Belgium Herman Van Springel MIC–Ludo–De Gribaldy
1975 Belgium Willem Peeters Maes–Watney
1976 Belgium Freddy Maertens Flandria–Velda–West Vlaams Vleesbedrijf
1977 Belgium Frans Verbeeck IJsboerke–Colnago
1978 Belgium Marcel Laurens C & A
1979 Belgium Daniel Willems IJsboerke–Warncke
1980 Belgium Michel Pollentier Splendor–Admiral
1981 Belgium Roger De Vlaeminck DAF Trucks
1982 Belgium Claude Criquielion Wickes–Splendor
1983 Belgium Eddy Planckaert Splendor–Euroshop
1984 Belgium Ronny Van Holen Safir–Van de Ven
1985 Netherlands Adri van der Poel Kwantum–Decosol–Yoko
1986 Netherlands Johan van der Velde Panasonic–Merckx–Agu
1987 Belgium Edwig Van Hooydonck Superconfex–Kwantum–Yoko–Colnago
1988 Belgium Johan Capiot TVM-Van Schilt
1989 Belgium Johan Capiot TVM-Ragno
1990 Netherlands Frans Maassen Buckler–Colnago–Decca
1991 Belgium Edwig Van Hooydonck Buckler–Colnago–Decca
1992 Belgium Johan Capiot TVM–Sanyo
1993 Belgium Edwig Van Hooydonck WordPerfect–Colnago–Decca
1994 Italy Michele Bartoli Mercatone Uno–Medeghini
1995 Belgium Edwig Van Hooydonck Novell–Decca–Colnago
1996 Belgium Johan Museeuw Mapei–GB
1997 Italy Gianluca Pianegonda Mapei–GB
1998 Belgium Johan Museeuw Mapei–Bricobi
1999 Italy Michele Bartoli Mapei–Quick-Step
2000 Belgium Johan Museeuw Mapei–Quick-Step
2001 Netherlands Michael Boogerd Rabobank
2002 Belgium Fabien De Waele Mapei–Quick-Step
2003 Netherlands Michael Boogerd Rabobank
2004 Italy Luca Paolini Quick-Step–Davitamon
2005 Spain Óscar Freire Rabobank
2006 Spain Óscar Freire Rabobank
2007 Spain Óscar Freire Rabobank
2008 France Sylvain Chavanel Cofidis
2009 France Anthony Geslin Française des Jeux
2010 Belgium Sébastien Rosseler Team RadioShack
2011 Belgium Philippe Gilbert Omega Pharma–Lotto
2012 France Thomas Voeckler Team Europcar
2013 Slovakia Peter Sagan Cannondale
2014 Belgium Philippe Gilbert BMC Racing Team
2015 Belgium Ben Hermans BMC Racing Team
2016 Czech Republic Petr Vakoč Etixx–Quick-Step
2017 Italy Sonny Colbrelli Bahrain–Merida
2018 Belgium Tim Wellens Lotto–Soudal
2019 Netherlands Mathieu van der Poel Corendon–Circus
2020 France Julian Alaphilippe Deceuninck–Quick-Step
2021 Great Britain Tom Pidcock Ineos Grenadiers
2022 United States Magnus Sheffield Ineos Grenadiers
2023 France Dorian Godon AG2R Citroën Team

Multiple winners

Active riders are in italics

Wins Rider Nationality Editions
4 Edwig Van Hooydonck Belgium 1987, 1991, 1993, 1995
3 Johan Capiot Belgium 1988, 1989, 1992
Óscar Freire Spain 2005, 2006, 2007
Johan Museeuw Belgium 1996, 1998, 2000
2 Michele Bartoli Italy 1994, 1999
Michael Boogerd Netherlands 2001, 2003
Philippe Gilbert Belgium 2011, 2014
Herman Van Springel Belgium 1970, 1974

Wins per country

Wins Country
38 Belgium
7 Netherlands
6 Italy
5 France
3 Spain
1 Czech Republic
Great Britain
Slovakia
United States