Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen

Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen (Championship of Flanders) or Koolskamp Koerse is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in September in Koolskamp (part-municipality of Ardooie), West Flanders, Belgium.^[1] Since 2005, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour.^[2][3]

The traditional yellow winner's jersey with the black lion, based on the flag of Flanders.

Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen

Race details
Date	Mid September
Region	West Flanders, Belgium
English name	Championship of Flanders
Local name(s)	Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen (in Dutch)
Discipline	Road
Competition	UCI Europe Tour
Type	Single-day
Web site	www.kampioenschapvanvlaanderen.be
History
First edition	1908 (1908)
Editions	108 (as of 2024)
First winner	Robert Wancour (BEL)
Most wins	Niko Eeckhout (BEL) (4 wins)
Most recent	Tim Merlier (BEL)

Winners

Briek Schotte won the 1941 edition.

2014 : Luka Mezgec (2), Arnaud Démare (1) & Jonas Van Genechten (3).

Year	Country	Rider	Team
1908	Belgium	Robert Wancour
1909	Belgium	Robert Wancour
1910	Belgium	Odile Defraye
1911	Belgium	Leon Buysse
1912	Belgium	Abel De Vogelaere
1913	Belgium	René Anno
1914- 1918	No race
1919	Belgium	Jules Van Hevel
1920	Belgium	Jules Van Hevel
1921	Belgium	Pierre Vandevelde
1922	Belgium	Alfons Van Hecke
1923	Belgium	Julien Volbrecht
1924	Belgium	Léon Devos
1925	Belgium	Aimé Dossche
1926	Belgium	Henri De Jaegher
1927	Belgium	Léopold-Albert Matton
1928	Belgium	Aimé Dossche
1929	Belgium	Maurits Raes
1930	Belgium	Alfred Haemerlinck
1931	Belgium	Aimé Dossche
1932	Belgium	Gerard Desmet
1933	Belgium	Gerard Desmet
1934	Belgium	Constant Van Impe
1935	Belgium	Marcel Kint
1936	Belgium	Julien Heernaert
1937	Belgium	Marcel Claeys
1938	Belgium	Sylvain Grysolle
1939- 1940	No race
1941	Belgium	Briek Schotte
1942	Belgium	Robert Van Eenaeme
1943	Belgium	Rik Van Steenbergen
1944	No race
1945	Belgium	Sylvain Grysolle
1946	Belgium	Achiel De Backer
1947	Belgium	Albert Paepe
1948	Belgium	Emmanuel Thoma
1949	Belgium	Emile Van Der Veken
1950	Belgium	Maurice Blomme
1951	Belgium	Roger Decock
1952	Belgium	Arsène Rijckaert
1953	Belgium	Leon Delathouwer
1954	Belgium	Briek Schotte
1955	Belgium	Leon Delathouwer
1956	Belgium	Léon Vandaele
1957	Belgium	Léon Vandaele
1958	Belgium	Léon Vandaele
1959	Belgium	Rik Van Looy
1960	Belgium	Gilbert Desmet
1961	Belgium	Frans Demulder
1962	Belgium	André Messelis
1963	Belgium	Gustave Van Vaerenbergh
1964	Belgium	Gustaaf Desmet
1965	Denmark	Palle Lykke Jensen
1966	Belgium	Eddy Merckx
1967	Netherlands	Gerard Vianen
1968	Belgium	Jos Huysmans
1969	Belgium	Eric De Vlaeminck
1970	Belgium	Noël Van Clooster
1971	Belgium	Eric Leman
1972	Belgium	Patrick Sercu
1973	Belgium	Herman Vrijders
1974	Belgium	Freddy Maertens
1975	Belgium	Jos Huysmans
1976	Belgium	Freddy Maertens
1977	Belgium	Frans Verhaegen
1978	Belgium	Daniel Willems
1979	Netherlands	Fons van Katwijk
1980	Netherlands	Theo de Rooy
1981	Belgium	Patrick Versluys
1982	Belgium	Gery Verlinden
1983	Belgium	Patrick Devos
1984	Belgium	Rudy Matthijs
1985	Belgium	Eddy Vanhaerens
1986	Belgium	Frank Van De Vijver
1987	Belgium	Dirk Heirweg
1988	Belgium	Marnix Lameire
1989	Belgium	Etienne De Wilde
1990	Belgium	Hendrik Redant
1991	Belgium	Johan Museeuw
1992	Belgium	Rik Van Slycke
1993	Belgium	Sammie Moreels
1994	Netherlands	Jelle Nijdam
1995	Belgium	Johan Museeuw
1996	Belgium	Nico Eeckhout
1997	Belgium	Peter Van Petegem
1998	Belgium	Nico Eeckhout
1999	Belgium	Michel Vanhaecke
2000	Belgium	Nico Eeckhout
2001	Belgium	Paul Van Hyfte	CSC–Tiscali
2002	France	Jimmy Casper	Française des Jeux
2003	Australia	Baden Cooke	FDJeux.com
2004	France	Jimmy Casper	Cofidis
2005	Uzbekistan	Sergey Lagutin	Landbouwkrediet–Colnago
2006	Belgium	Nico Eeckhout	Chocolade Jacques–Topsport Vlaanderen
2007	Australia	Baden Cooke	Unibet.com
2008	Germany	André Greipel	Team Columbia
2009	Netherlands	Steven de Jongh	Quick-Step
2010	Australia	Leigh Howard	Team HTC–Columbia
2011	Germany	Marcel Kittel	Skil–Shimano
2012	Netherlands	Ronan van Zandbeek	Argos–Shimano
2013	Belgium	Jens Debusschere	Lotto–Belisol
2014	France	Arnaud Démare	FDJ.fr
2015	Poland	Michał Gołaś[a]	Etixx–Quick-Step
2016	Belgium	Timothy Dupont	Verandas Willems
2017	Colombia	Fernando Gaviria	Quick-Step Floors
2018	Netherlands	Dylan Groenewegen	LottoNL–Jumbo
2019	Germany	Jannik Steimle	Deceuninck–Quick-Step
2020	No race due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021	Belgium	Jasper Philipsen	Alpecin–Fenix
2022	Netherlands	Fabio Jakobsen	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team
2023	Belgium	Jasper Philipsen	Alpecin–Deceuninck
2024	Belgium	Tim Merlier	Soudal–Quick-Step

Footnotes

1. In 2015, Jens Debusschere crossed the line first but was relegated to sixth place after the race jury decided that he had veered from his line, causing Dylan Groenewegen to crash.^[4]