Bredenecross

The Silvestercyclocross or Ereprijs Paul Herygers is a cyclo-cross held yearly in Belgium. From 1993 to 2004 the race was organized in Veldegem, from 2005 to 2008 in Torhout and since 2009 in Bredene. It is part of the Ethias Cross series.^[1] Until 2020 the race was held at the end of December, but in 2021 it moved to the end of September.

Silvestercyclocross

Race details
Date	Late December (until 2020) Late September (from 2021)
Region	Bredene, Belgium
Local name(s)	Ere Prijs Paul Herygers (in Dutch)
Discipline	Cyclo-cross
Competition	Brico Cross
Organiser	vzw Sportidee
History
First edition	1993 (1993)
Editions	27 (as of 2021)
First winner	Filip Van Luchem (BEL)
Most wins	Wout van Aert (BEL) (4 wins)
Most recent	Eli Iserbyt (BEL)

Winners

Men

Year	Winner	Second	Third
2021	Eli Iserbyt	Laurens Sweeck	Michael Vanthourenhout
2020	Mathieu van der Poel	Toon Aerts	Michael Vanthourenhout
2019	Mathieu van der Poel	Tim Merlier	Gianni Vermeersch
2018	Wout van Aert	Quinten Hermans	Jens Adams
2017	Wout van Aert	Mathieu van der Poel	Quinten Hermans
2016	Wout van Aert	Laurens Sweeck	Gianni Vermeersch
2015	Dieter Vanthourenhout	Michael Vanthourenhout	Klaas Vantornout
2014	Wout van Aert	Gianni Vermeersch	Tim Merlier
2013	Zdeněk Štybar	Rob Peeters	Dieter Vanthourenhout
2012	Sven Nys	Niels Albert	Zdeněk Štybar
2011	Jan Denuwelaere	Zdeněk Štybar	Dieter Vanthourenhout
2010	Zdeněk Štybar	Sven Nys	Niels Albert
2009	Dieter Vanthourenhout	Martin Zlamalik	Niels Albert
2008	Klaas Vantornout	Marco Bianco	Ben Berden
2007	Klaas Vantornout	Ben Berden	Francis Mourey
2006	Sven Vanthourenhout	Gerben de Knegt	Davy Commeyne
2005	Gerben de Knegt	Klaas Vantornout	Davy Commeyne
2004	Mario De Clercq	Tim Van Nuffel	David Willemsens
2003	Sven Vanthourenhout	Bjorn Rondelez	David Willemsens
2002	Mario De Clercq	Sven Vanthourenhout	Dariusz Gil
2001	Sven Vanthourenhout	Bart Wellens	Mario De Clercq
2000	Bart Wellens	Mario De Clercq	Kipcho Volckaerts
1999	Bart Wellens	Mario De Clercq	David Willemsens
1998	Peter Van Den Abeele	Bjorn Rondelez	Paul Herygers
1997	Mario De Clercq	Danny De Bie	Sven Nys
1996	Paul Herygers	Peter Van Den Abeele	Peter Willemsens
1993	Filip Van Luchem	Paul Herygers	Alex Moonen

Women

Year	Winner	Second	Third
2021	Denise Betsema	Yara Kastelijn	Puck Pieterse
2020	Kata Blanka Vas	Sanne Cant	Alicia Franck
2019	Sanne Cant	Anna Kay	Rebecca Fahringer
2018	Lucinda Brand	Loes Sels	Eva Lechner
2017	Alice Maria Arzuffi	Helen Wyman	Loes Sels
2016	Thalita de Jong	Ellen Van Loy	Jolien Verschueren