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Belgian National Road Race Championships

Annual cycling race

Belgian National Road Race Championships
Summary

Annual cycling race

FieldValue
nameBelgian National Road Race Championships – Men's elite race
regionBelgium
disciplineRoad bicycle racing
typeOne-day
organiserRoyal Belgian Cycling League
first
number125 (as of 2025)
firstwinnerLéon Houa
mostwinsTom Steels (4 wins)
mostrecentTim Wellens
The Champion's Jersey

The Belgian National Road Race Championship is a cycling race which decides who will become Belgian national champion for the year to come. The men's record for most wins is currently held by one of the most successful Belgian sprinters, Tom Steels, who managed to take four road championship titles.

The winners of each event are awarded with a symbolic cycling jersey, which is black, yellow and red, like the national flag. These colours can be worn by the rider at other road racing events to show their status as national champion. The champion's stripes can be combined into a sponsored rider's team kit design for this purpose.

Multiple champions

[[Tom Steels]] (pictured in the champion's jersey at the [[2005 E3 Prijs Vlaanderen]]) is the men's record holder with four Belgian Championship wins.

The following riders that have managed to win the Elite race more than once.

Men

WinsRiderevYears432
Tom Steels1997, 1998, 2002, 2004
Rik Van Steenbergen1943, 1945, 1954
Stijn Devolder2007, 2010, 2013
Henri Luyten1895, 1896
Henri Bertrand1897, 1898
Francois Verstraeten1907, 1908
Jules Vanhevel1920, 1921
René Vermandel1922, 1924
Félix Sellier1923, 1926
Joseph Wauters1929, 1930
Émile Masson Jr.1946, 1947
André Vlayen1956, 1957
Rik Van Looy1958, 1963
Walter Godefroot1965, 1972
Roger De Vlaeminck1969, 1981
Michel Pollentier1977, 1978
Johan Museeuw1992, 1996
Wilfried Nelissen1994, 1995
Tom Boonen2009, 2012
Philippe Gilbert2011, 2016
Tim Merlier2019, 2022

Women

WinsRiderYears5432
Nicolle Van Den Broeck1969, 1970, 1973, 1974, 1977
Jolien D'Hoore2012, 2014, 2015, 2017
Lotte Kopeckytitle=National Road Championships - Belgiumurl=https://www.uci.org/competition-details/2023/ROA/69801access-date=2023-08-08website=UCIlanguage=en-GB}} 2024
Yvonne Reynders1962, 1963, 1976
Mariette Laenen1971, 1972, 1975
Agnes Dusart1986, 1987, 1988
Maria Herrijgers1978,1979
Nele D'Haene1980, 1984
Kristel Werckx1991, 1993
Heidi Van De Vijver1994, 1998
Sonja Vermeylen1996, 1997
Evy Van Damme2000, 2001
Ludivine Henrion2007, 2009
Liesbet De Vocht2010, 2013

Men

Elite

[[Carlo Bomans]] in the champion's jersey he won in 1989
[[Johan Museeuw]] (left) winning the [[1993 Tour of Flanders]] in the jersey of Belgian champion
[[Philippe Gilbert]], pictured in 2012
[[Tom Boonen]] (pictured at the [[2012 Tour de Pologne]]) is a two-time winner of the Belgian Road Race Championships.
2025Tim WellensRemco EvenepoelJasper Philipsen

Amateur / elite without contract

nl}} national champion 1884
[[Emile De Beukelaer]] national champion 1885-1886
[[Léon Houa]] national champion 1893
fr}} national champion 1920

The first amateur championship was contested in 1882. In 1947 it absorbed the former junior category (19 to 22 years). In 1966 this category took the name "international amateurs" when the category of independents disappeared. The "Elite without contract" category replaced the international amateurs in 1996. From that date, riders aged 19 to 22 contest the Under-23 championship, also called "espoirs".

2025Elias Van BreussegemJarno Bellens

Multiple winners

WinsRider
4Henri Hoevenaers
2Rik Van Looy
2Emile De Beukelaer
2Jean Aerts
2Jacques Geus
2Elias Van Breussegem
2Joeri Calleeuw
2Jarno Vanfrachem
2
2Servais Touissant

Under 23

2024Sente SentjensSenne HulsmansTom Crabbe

Women

Elite

[[Jolien D'Hoore]] (pictured in 2013) shares the record for the most Belgian championships in the women's category, with four victories.
[[Jesse Vandenbulcke]] in the Belgian champion's jersey in 2019
2025Justine GhekiereFien Van EyndeFleur Moors

References

References

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