Egmont Cycling Race Explained

Egmont Cycling Race
Date:Late August
Region:East Flanders, Belgium
English:Egmont Cycling Race
Localnames:Egmont Cycling Race
Nickname:Tistaertprijs
Discipline:Road race
Competition:UCI Europe Tour
Type:Single-day
Organiser:Zottegemse Wielerclub
Number:87 (as of 2023)
Mostwins: (3 wins)

Egmont Cycling Race is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in August in Zottegem, Belgium. Since 2005, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour.[1]

The race started out as 'Dokter Tistaertprijs' in 1934. Between 1971 and 1998 it was called 'Herinneringsprijs Dokter Tistaert – Prijs Groot-Zottegem'. In 1999 it changed to 'G.P. Zottegem – Tistaertprijs'. In 2002 'Tistaertprijs' disappeared in the name. It was called GP Stad Zottegem until 2020.[2] Since 2020 the organization continued under the name 'Egmont Cycling Race'.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2023 . Egmont Cycling Race . FirstCycling.com . en.
  2. Web site: 2022 . Egmont Cycling Race . ProCyclingStats . en.
  3. Web site: Egmont Cycling Race . 20 August 2023 . wielerflits.be . nl.