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Memorial Rik Van Steenbergen

Memorial Rik Van Steenbergen
Race details
DateEarly September
RegionArendonk, Belgium
English nameMemorial Rik Van Steenbergen
Local name(s)Memorial Rik Van Steenbergen (in Dutch)
DisciplineRoad
CompetitionUCI Europe Tour
TypeSingle-day
Web sitewww.memorialrikvansteenbergen.be/index.php/home Edit this at Wikidata
History
First edition1991
Editions23 (as of 2019)
First winner Olaf Ludwig (GER)
Most wins Niko Eeckhout (BEL) (4 wins)
Most recent Dries De Bondt (BEL)

Memorial Rik Van Steenbergen (previously GP Rik Van Steenbergen) is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in September in Arendonk, Belgium. The race, paying respect to the famous Belgian rider of the 1940s and 1950s, quickly gained importance and since 2005, it is a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. The race was canceled in 2013 and again in 2014 because the organizers were unable to raise sufficient funding and subsequently disappeared permanently from the calendar before being revived for 2019. In contrary to the previous editions, the race will now be held in Arendonk where before it was held in Aartselaar.

Winners

Year Country Rider Team
1991 Germany Olaf Ludwig Panasonic-Sportlife
1992 Belgium Patrick Deneut Lotto
1993 Italy Mario Cipollini GB-MG Maglificio
1994 Uzbekistan Djamolidine Abdoujaparov Team Polti
1995 Belgium Tom Steels Vlaanderen 2002–Eddy Merckx
1996 Netherlands Jans Koerts Palmans
1997 Belgium Andrei Tchmil Lotto–Mobistar–Isoglass
1998 Czech Republic Ján Svorada Mapei–Bricobi
1999 Italy Giuliano Figueras Mapei–Quick-Step
2000 Denmark Lars Michaelsen Française des Jeux
2001 Belgium Niko Eeckhout Lotto–Adecco
2002 Germany Steffen Radochla Team Coast
2003 Belgium Niko Eeckhout Lotto–Domo
2004 Belgium Tom Boonen Quick-Step–Davitamon
2005 France Jean-Patrick Nazon AG2R Prévoyance
2006 Belgium Niko Eeckhout Chocolade Jacques–Topsport Vlaanderen
2007 Belgium Greg Van Avermaet Predictor–Lotto
2008 Belgium Gert Steegmans Quick-Step
2009 Belgium Niko Eeckhout An Post–Sean Kelly Team
2010 Belgium Michael Van Staeyen Topsport Vlaanderen–Mercator
2011 Netherlands Kenny van Hummel Skil–Shimano
2012 Netherlands Theo Bos Rabobank
2013 to 2018 No race due to insufficient funding
2019 Belgium Dries De Bondt Corendon–Circus

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