Race details | |
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Date | March |
Region | Hainaut Province, Belgium |
Local name(s) | GP Criquielion (in French) |
Discipline | Road |
Competition | UCI Europe Tour |
Type | One-day race |
Web site | www |
History | |
First edition | 1991 (1991) |
Editions | 29 (as of 2024) |
First winner | Claude Criquielion (BEL) |
Most wins | Jelle Wallays (BEL) (2 wins) |
Most recent | Alec Segaert (BEL) |
The Grand Prix Criquielion is a European single day cycle race held each year in and around the Belgian village of Deux-Acren. The race was first organized in 1991 in honour of Claude Criquielion, who had announced his retirement that same year and was also the first winner of the race. The race was organized as a 1.2 category event on the UCI Europe Tour until 2023 when it upgraded to 1.1 status.
Winners
References
- "GP Criquielion". FirstCycling.com. 2023.
- "Grand Prix Criquielion(1.1)". ProcyclingStats. 5 October 2023.
- "G.P Criquielion (Bel) - Cat.1.1". Memoire-du-cyclisme.eu (in French). Retrieved 28 June 2023.
- Gillebert, Julien (10 November 2021). "Changement de date, parcours remanié et statut d'épreuve pro: les belles ambitions du Grand Prix Criquielion" [Change of date, revamped course and pro event status: the great ambitions of the Grand Prix Criquielion]. La Dernière Heure (in French). IPM Publishing Group. Retrieved 19 February 2022.