Brabantse Pijl (men's race)

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.^[1]

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 (1961)
Editions	65 (as of 2025)
First winner	Pino Cerami (BEL)
Most wins	Edwig Van Hooydonck (BEL) (4 wins)
Most recent	Remco Evenepoel (BEL)

Finish in Overijse, 2015

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
2024	France	Benoît Cosnefroy	Decathlon–AG2R La Mondiale
2025	Belgium	Remco Evenepoel	Soudal–Quick-Step

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
39	Belgium
7	Netherlands
6	France  Italy
3	Spain
1	Czech Republic  Great Britain  Slovakia  United States

External links

• Official website