Youngster Coast Challenge

The Youngster Coast Challenge, formerly known as the Handzame Challenge, is a one-day road cycling race held annually in West Flanders, Belgium. Since 2019, it has been a 1.2U rated event on the UCI Europe Tour, meaning it is reserved for U23 riders.^[1] It is the under-23 edition of the Bredene Koksijde Classic, and is held on the same day.

Youngster Coast Challenge

Race details
Date	March
Region	West Flanders
Discipline	Road race
Competition	UCI Europe Tour
Type	Single day race
History
First edition	2014; 11 years ago (2014)
Editions	10 (as of 2025)
First winner	Rob Leemans (BEL)
Most wins	No repeat winners
Most recent	Sente Sentjens (BEL)

Winners

Year	Country	Rider	Team
2014	Belgium	Rob Leemans	Lotto–Belisol U23
2015	Belgium	Julien Kaise	Color Code–Aquality Protect
2016	Netherlands	Bram Welten	BMC Development Team
2017	Belgium	Franklin Six	AGO–Aqua Service
2018	Belgium	Sasha Weemaes	EFC–L&R–Vulsteke
2019	Germany	Niklas Märkl	Development Team Sunweb
2020–2021	No race due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2022	Australia	Jensen Plowright	Groupama–FDJ Continental Team
2023	Belgium	Warre Vangheluwe	Soudal–Quick-Step Devo Team
2024	Germany	Niklas Behrens	Lidl–Trek Future Racing
2025	Belgium	Sente Sentjens	Alpecin–Deceuninck Development Team