Weekend ardennais

The Ardennes Weekend was an overall points classification based on the results of two Belgian classic cycling races: La Flèche Wallonne and Liège-Bastogne-Liège.

Week-end ardennais
Race details
DateApril, May
English nameArdennes Weekend
Local name(s)Weekend ardennais (in French), Ardeens Weekend (in Dutch)
DisciplineRoad
History
First edition1950 (1950)
Editions20 (as of 2022)
First winner Raymond Impanis (BEL)
Most wins Frans Schoubben (BEL)
 Ferdi Kübler (SUI)
(2 wins)
Most recent Laurent Jalabert (FRA)

It was created in 1950, and included, only that year, a third race, Liège-Courcelles. This classification first existed until 1964. It disappeared when the Flèche Wallonne became independent: from 1965 onwards, it was no longer held on the same weekend as Liège-Bastogne-Liège, but three days before.[1]

In 1993, Amaury Sport Organisation bought La Flèche Wallonne, three years after acquiring Liège-Bastogne-Liège. Consequently, the Ardennes Weekend was recreated, from 1993 to 1997.

Jan Storms and Rolf Wolfshohl won the Ardennes weekend while they have never won either the Flèche Wallonne or Liège-Bastogne-Liège.[2]

Palmares
Year Winner Second Third
1950 Belgium Raymond Impanis Belgium Prosper Depredomme Italy Fausto Coppi
1951 Switzerland Ferdi Kübler France Jean Robic Italy Gino Bartali
1952 Switzerland Ferdi Kübler France Jean Robic Belgium Raymond Impanis
1953 Belgium Jan Storms Belgium Stan Ockers Belgium Alois De Hertog
1954 Luxembourg Marcel Ernzer Switzerland Ferdi Kübler Belgium Raymond Impanis
1955 Belgium Stan Ockers Belgium Jean Brankart Belgium Jan Adriaensens
1956 Belgium Richard Van Genechten Belgium André Vlayen Italy Sante Ranucci
1957 Belgium Frans Schoubben Belgium Joseph Planckaert Belgium Raymond Impanis
1958 Belgium Alfred De Bruyne Belgium Raymond Impanis France Pierre Everaert
1959 Belgium Frans Schoubben Belgium Frans De Mulder Belgium Alfred De Bruyne
1960 Netherlands Albertus Geldermans Belgium Rik Van Looy France Pierre Everaert
1961 Belgium Rik Van Looy Belgium Armand Desmet France Marcel Rohrbach
1962 West Germany Rolf Wolfshohl Belgium Henri De Wolf Belgium Armand Desmet
1963 France Raymond Poulidor Belgium Pino Cerami Netherlands Jan Janssen
1964 Belgium Willy Bocklant Belgium Georges Van Coningsloo Italy Vittorio Adorni
1993 Italy Maurizio Fondriest
1994 Russia Evgueni Berzin
1995 France Laurent Jalabert
1996 United States Lance Armstrong
1997 France Laurent Jalabert

References
  1. "Weekend Ardennais/Ardeens Weekend". siteducyclisme.net (in French).
  2. "Le challenge week-end ardennais revit!". lesoir.be. 30 March 1993. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 28 March 2013.
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