Great War Remembrance Race
Race details
DateEnd of August
RegionBelgium and France
English nameGreat War Remembrance Race
DisciplineRoad
CompetitionUCI Europe Tour
TypeOne-day
OrganiserFlanders Classics & organisers of Gent–Wevelgem
Web sitewww.greatwarremembrancerace.be/en
History
First edition2018 (2018)
Editions1
Final edition2018
First winner Mihkel Räim (EST)
Most winsNo repeat winners
Final winner Mihkel Räim (EST)

The Great War Remembrance Race was a European single-day cycle race to be held annually from 2018 which passed through the Belgian province of West Flanders, organized by Flanders Classics and the organizers of Gent–Wevelgem as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. The inaugural edition marked the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I and was held on 24 August 2018 and won by Mihkel Räim. Further editions were intended to safeguard continuing awareness of this historic war.[1]

Future editions of the race were canceled in June, 2019. The organizers cited calendar conflicts and similarities to other races in their decision to not continue the race.[2]

Winners

Year Country Rider Team
2018  Estonia Mihkel Räim Israel Cycling Academy

References

  1. "Nieuwe koers "Great War Remembrance Race" moet uitgroeien tot klassieker" [New race "Great War Remembrance Race" to become classic cycle race] (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2017-09-21.
  2. "Great War Remembrance Race will not have a second edition in 2019". Flanders Classics-. 2019-06-07. Retrieved 2019-09-05.
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