Flèche Hesbignonne

The Flèche Hesbignonne-Cras Avernas was a one-day road cycling race held annually in Belgium. Created in 1952, it first took place between Niel and Sint-Truiden. It was then held between Cras-Avernas and Remouchamps. It was on the UCI Europe Tour in category 1.2 for its final editions in 2005 and 2006.^[1]

Flèche Hesbignonne-Cras Avernas

Race details
Date	June
Region	Belgium
Discipline	Road
Competition	UCI Europe Tour
Type	One-day race
History
First edition	1952 (1952)
Editions	53
Final edition	2006
First winner	Constant Verschueren (BEL)
Most wins	Alfons De Bal (BEL) (3 wins)
Final winner	Erwin Thijs (BEL)

Winners

Year	Winner	Second	Third
1952	Constant Verschueren	Jan Zagers	Edgard Sorgeloos
1953	Alois De Hertog	Bim Diederich	Edward Peeters
1954	Jan Zagers	Lucien Huybrechts	Edward Peeters
1955	Rik Luyten	Ernest Sterckx	Willy Vannitsen
1956	Lode Anthonis	Guillaume Hendrickx	Pierre Machiels
1957	Frans Schoubben	Jan Zagers	Jozef Planckaert
1958	Francis Kemplaire	Leopold Schaeken	Jos Verachtert
1959	Jos Verachtert	Louis Proost	Frans Aerenhouts
1960	Jozef Schils	Laurent Christiaens	Guillaume Michiels
1961	Jan Adriaensens	Eddy Pauwels	Jef Lahaye
1962	Jozef Schils	Piet Damen	Laurent Christiaens
1963	Rik Luyten	Ferdinand Bracke	Theo Nijs
1964	No race
1965	Leo Knops	Romain Robben	Reindert de Jong
1966	Herman Van Springel	Joseph Spruyt	Roger Swerts
1967	Herman Van Springel	Noel Depauw	Herman Vrancken
1968	Michael Wright	Roger Blockx	Jozef Huysmans
1969	Alfons De Bal	Jan Boonen	Christian Callens
1970	Frans Verbeeck	Joseph Bruyère	Peter Nassen
1971	Ferdinand Bracke	Julien Stevens	Eddy Schutz
1972	Georges Van Coningsloo	Joseph Van Olmen	Georges Barras
1973	Julien Van Lint	Georges Van Coningsloo	Antoon Houbrechts
1974	Gustaaf Van Roosbroeck	Roger Loysch [fr]	Romain Maes
1975	Jacques Martin	Léon Thomas	Georges Pintens
1976	Ludo Peeters	Willem Peeters	Marcel Laurens
1977	Alfons De Bal	Herman Van Springel	Victor Van Schil
1978	Frans Van Vlierberghe	Jacques Martin	Eddy Vanhaerens
1979	Alfons De Bal	Christian Dumont	Gery Verlinden
1980	Jean Vanderstappen	Dudley Hayton	André Verbraecken
1981	Gregor Braun	Eddy Planckaert	Louis Luyton
1982	René Martens	Pierrot Cuypers	Luc Colijn
1983	Patrick Versluys	Michel Dernies	Gérard Veldscholten
1984	Jos Jacobs	William Tackaert	Alfons De Wolf
1985	Gery Verlinden	Patrick Toelen	Dirk Demol
1986	Johan Delathouwer	Dirk De Wolf	Martin Durant
1987	René Martens	Erik Vanderaerden	Marc Seynaeve
1988	Stephan Van Leeuwe	Koen Vekemans	Carlo Bomans
1989	Jan Bogaert	Etienne De Wilde	Bruno Geuens
1990	Søren Lilholt	Yves Godimus	Hendrik Redant
1991	Wilfried Nelissen	Michel Cornelisse	Konstantin Khrabtsov
1992	Patrick Schoovaerts	Johan Verstrepen	Jan Mattheus
1993	Nico Emonds	Frank Corvers	Jan Van Camp
1994	Nico Emonds	Johan Remels	Jeroen Blijlevens
1995	Wilfried Peeters	Jelle Nijdam	Frank Vandenbroucke
1996	Marc Streel	Johan Museeuw	Stéphane Hennebert
1997	Peter Verbeken	Robbie Van Daele	Erwin Thijs
1998	Peter Verbeken	Bert Roesems	Michel Cornelisse
1999	Wim Omloop	Bart Heirewegh	Donatas Virbickas
2000	Michel Vanhaecke	Marc Streel	Bert Roesems
2001	John Talen	Oleg Pankov	Jan Claes
2002	No race
2003	Erwin Thijs	Geert Omloop	Joseph Boulton
2004	Rory Sutherland	Geert Van Bondt	Ludovic Capelle
2005	Geert Verheyen	Matthé Pronk	Nico Sijmens
2006	Erwin Thijs	Johan Verstrepen	Shinichi Fukushima