Grote Prijs Jef Scherens
Grote Prijs Jef Scherens is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in September in Leuven, Belgium. Since 2005, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. The race is named after the seven-time professional sprint world champion Jef Scherens.
| Race details | |
|---|---|
| Date | Early September |
| Region | Leuven, Belgium |
| English name | Grand Prix Jef Scherens |
| Local name(s) | Grote Prijs Jef Scherens (in Dutch) Grote Prijs Poeske Scherens (in Dutch) |
| Discipline | Road race |
| Competition | UCI Europe Tour |
| Type | Single-day |
| Web site | ks-leuven |
| History | |
| First edition | 1963 |
| Editions | 56 (as of 2023) |
| First winner | Marcel Van Den Bogaert (BEL) |
| Most wins | Frans Verbeeck (BEL) (4 wins) |
| Most recent | Arnaud De Lie (BEL) |
The local city circuit from the 2021 UCI Road World Championships, hosted in Leuven, was largely based on the circuit that is ridden during the Grote Prijs Jef Scherens.
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