The Flemish Cycling Week (Dutch: Vlaamse Wielerweek ) or simply Flemish Week , is a series of five road cycling races held in Flanders in late March and early April.
7-703: The series in fact spans two weeks. It has begun with Classic Brugge–De Panne since 2018 and ends 11–12 days later with the Tour of Flanders , which is the most important race of the series. Since 2018, the series has consisted of five one-day races: Originally the Brabantse Pijl was part of the Flemish Cycling Week as it was run the Sunday before the Tour of Flanders, but in 2010 it was rescheduled to
14-578: A 1.WT event in 2019. The 2020 edition was rescheduled due to the COVID-19 pandemic . The Three Days of De Panne was created in 1977 as a three-day cycling event in the week leading up to the Tour of Flanders , in late March or early April. The first day was usually a hilly stage starting in De Panne and finishing in the Flemish Ardennes . The second day held a long flat stage back to
21-547: A later date, because the race course was more suitable for riders participating in the Ardennes classics . The gap in the calendar was filled by Gent-Wevelgem, which used to be held on the Wednesday after the Tour of Flanders. In 2018, multi-stage race Three Days of De Panne was rebranded as one-day race Classic Brugge–De Panne and moved to mid-March. Classic Brugge%E2%80%93De Panne The Classic Brugge–De Panne
28-583: A route entirely in the province of West Flanders . The iconic Kemmelberg and several cobbled sectors have a more prominent part in the new course. In order to continue the multi-day format, a women's event was inaugurated on the day after the men's race. Both races start in Bruges and have two finishing circuits in and around De Panne . The women's race is part of the UCI Women's World Tour , cycling's top tier professional competition. Jolien D'Hoore won
35-588: Is a road cycling race in Belgium in late March. Since 2018 it is raced over two days with a men's race on Wednesday and a women's race on Thursday. Both races start in Bruges and finish in the seaside resort of De Panne . The women's event is included in the UCI Women's World Tour ; the men's race was part of the UCI Europe Tour as a 1.HC event , but was promoted to the UCI World Tour as
42-521: The Flemish coast, with a finish in Koksijde . The third day consisted of two stages that both started and finished in De Panne, of which the final stage was an individual time trial. Raced from Tuesday to Thursday, it was the last Flemish race ahead of the Tour of Flanders and was considered a desirable preparation for the main event on Sunday. Eric Vanderaerden , a strong sprinter and time triallist, won
49-467: The race five times in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Since 2018, the Three Days of De Panne is raced under a new format following a calendar switch with Dwars door Vlaanderen . The race comes one week earlier, in the week following Milan–San Remo , and the men's event has morphed into a one-day race on Wednesday. The Flemish Ardennes roads and the concluding time trial were abandoned in favour of
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