Van Merksteijn Fences Classic

The Van Merksteijn Fences Classic, known as the Grote Prijs Marcel Kint until 2023, is a cycling race held annually in Belgium (Zwevegem & Kortrijk).^[1] It is part of UCI Europe Tour in category 1.1.^[2]

Van Merksteijn Fences Classic

Race details
Date	May
Region	Zwevegem, Belgium
Local name(s)	Zwevegem Koerse
Discipline	Road
Competition	UCI Europe Tour
Type	One-day race
History
First edition	1930 (1930)
Editions	80 (as of 2023)
First winner	Adolf Van Bruaene (BEL)
Most wins	Jef Planckaert (BEL) (4 wins)
Most recent	Caleb Ewan (AUS)

Jef Planckaert holds the record of 4 victories.^[3]

Winners

Year	Country	Rider	Team
1930	Belgium	Adolf Van Bruaene
1935	Belgium	Marcel Kint
1936	Belgium	Michel D'Hooghe	Van Hauwaert
1937	Belgium	Albert Beirnaert
1938	Belgium	Frans Binnemans
1942	Belgium	Jef Vande Weghe
1947	Belgium	Albert Paepe
1948	Belgium	Roger Cnockaert
1949	Belgium	Valère Ollivier
1950	Belgium	Valère Ollivier
1951	Belgium	Basiel Wambeke
1952	Belgium	Willem Lebaere
1953	Belgium	Willy Geers
1954	Australia	Russell Mockridge
1955	Belgium	Georges Decraeye
1956	Belgium	Jef Planckaert
1957	Belgium	Staf Van Vaerenbergh
1958	Belgium	Jef Planckaert
1959	Belgium	Gilbert Desmet
1960	Belgium	Arthur Decabooter
1961	Belgium	Jef Planckaert
1962	Belgium	Jef Planckaert
1963	Belgium	Norbert Kerckhove
1964	Belgium	Frans Melckenbeeck
1965	Belgium	Ward Sals
1966	Belgium	Roland Van De Rijse
1967	Belgium	Noël Van Clooster
1968	No race due to not held
1969	Belgium	André Dierickx
1970	Belgium	Willy Van Neste
1971	Belgium	Guido Reybrouck
1972	Belgium	Christian Callens
1973	Belgium	Frans Verbeeck (cyclist) Frans
1974	Belgium	Willy Van Neste
1975	Belgium	Roland De Witte
1976	Belgium	José Vanackere
1977	Belgium	Willy Planckaert
1978	Belgium	Alain Desaever
1979	Belgium	Lieven Malfait
1980	Belgium	Patrick Devos
1981	Belgium	Willy Teirlinck
1982	Belgium	Dirk Heirweg
1983	Belgium	Luc Meersman
1984	Belgium	Eddy Planckaert
1985	Belgium	Franky Van Oyen
1986	Belgium	Roger Ilegems
1987	Netherlands	Frank Pirard
1988	Belgium	Franky Pattyn
1989	Belgium	Ludo Giesberts
1990	Belgium	Ludo Giesberts
1991	Belgium	Marnix Lameire
1992	Belgium	Ferdi Dierickx
1993	Belgium	Michel Vermote
1994	Belgium	Wim Omloop
1995	Sweden	Anders Eklundh
1996	Belgium	Danny Daelman
1997	Belgium	Peter Van Petegem	TVM–Farm Frites
1998	Belgium	Bart Heirewegh
1999	Netherlands	Adrie van der Poel	Rabobank
2000	Belgium	Eric De Clercq	Collstrop
2001	Netherlands	Jan van Velzen	Batavus–Bankgiroloterij
2002	New Zealand	Gordon McCauley	RDM-Flanders
2003	Lithuania	Aivaras Baranauskas
2004	Belgium	Frank Vandenbroucke	Fassa Bortolo
2005	Belgium	Frank Vandenbroucke	MrBookmaker.com–SportsTech
2006	Belgium	Kevin Van der Slagmolen
2007	Belgium	Geert Omloop	Jartazi–Promo Fashion
2008	Belgium	Niko Eeckhout	Topsport Vlaanderen
2009	Belgium	David Geldhof
2010	No race due to not held
2011	Belgium	Baptiste Planckaert	Landbouwkrediet
2012	Lithuania	Ramūnas Navardauskas	Chipotle–First Solar Development Team
2013	Belgium	Iljo Keisse	Omega Pharma–Quick-Step
2014	Netherlands	Brian van Goethem	Metec–TKH
2015	Belgium	Baptiste Planckaert	Roubaix–Lille Métropole
2016	Netherlands	Jan-Willem van Schip	Cyclingteam Join-S–De Rijke
2017	Belgium	Jonas Rickaert	Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise
2018	France	Nacer Bouhanni	Cofidis
2019	France	Bryan Coquard	Vital Concept–B&B Hotels
2020	No race due to COVID-19 pandemic in Belgium
2021	Colombia	Álvaro Hodeg	Deceuninck–Quick-Step
2022	Belgium	Arnaud De Lie	Lotto–Soudal
2023	Australia	Caleb Ewan	Lotto–Dstny