GP Impanis-Van Petegem
Race details
DateLate September
RegionFlemish Brabant, Belgium
Local name(s)Grote Prijs Impanis-Van Petegem (in Dutch)
DisciplineRoad
Competition
TypeSingle-day
Web siteimpanis-vanpetegem.be
History
First edition1982 (1982)
Editions25 (as of 2023)
First winner Willem Peeters (BEL)
Most wins Wiebren Veenstra (NED) (2)
Most recent Mathieu van der Poel (NED)

The GP Impanis-Van Petegem (also known as the Super 8 Classic) is a single-day road bicycle race held annually since 1982 in the region of Flemish Brabant, Belgium.[1] The race was originally organized as a tribute to Raymond Impanis in and around Kampenhout and known as the GP Impanis.[2] Between 1995 and 2004, the race was no longer organized, only to be reinstated in 2005 as a race only for juniors (under 21). In 2011, the race was again organised for professional cyclists and upgraded to a 1.2 event on the UCI Europe Tour. It was also renamed to GP Impanis-Van Petegem in honor of Peter Van Petegem. Since then, the race has started near Brakel, the birthplace of Van Petegem, and has finished close to Kampenhout, namely in Haacht. The race became a 1.1 event in 2012 and was upgraded to 1.HC in 2015.

In 2020, the race was upgraded to 1.Pro and added to the inaugural UCI ProSeries; however, the cancellation of the 2020 edition meant that the race made its UCI ProSeries debut in 2021.[3]

Winners

Year Country Rider Team
1982  Belgium Willem Peeters
1983  Belgium Ludo Peeters
1984  Netherlands Ad Wijnands
1985  Netherlands Jelle Nijdam
1986  Australia Allan Peiper
1987  Belgium Paul Haghedooren
1988  Australia Stephen Hodge
1989  Belgium Eric Vanderaerden
1990  Netherlands Wiebren Veenstra
1991  Netherlands Wiebren Veenstra
1992  Netherlands Louis de Koning
1993  Australia Phil Anderson
1994  Belgium Carlo Bomans
1995–
2010
No race
2011  Belgium Sander Cordeel Colba-Mercury
2012  Germany André Greipel Lotto–Belisol
2013  Belgium Sep Vanmarcke Belkin Pro Cycling
2014  Belgium Greg Van Avermaet BMC Racing Team
2015  Belgium Sean De Bie Lotto–Soudal
2016  Colombia Fernando Gaviria Etixx–Quick-Step
2017  Italy Matteo Trentin Quick-Step Floors
2018  Netherlands Taco van der Hoorn Roompot–Nederlandse Loterij
2019  Belgium Edward Theuns Trek–Segafredo
2020 No race due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021  France Florian Sénéchal Deceuninck–Quick-Step
2022  Belgium Jordi Meeus Bora–Hansgrohe
2023  Netherlands Mathieu van der Poel Alpecin–Deceuninck

References

  1. "Primus Classic". FirstCycling.com. 2023.
  2. "Primus Classic Impanis-Van Petegem (Bel) - Cat.1.ProS". Memoire-du-cyclisme.eu (in French). Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  3. "Voorbeschouwing: Primus Classic 2021 | WielerFlits" [Preview: Primus Classic 2021 | WielerFlits] (in Dutch). Wielerflits. 18 September 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
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