Tour of Leuven

Grote Prijs Jef Scherens
Race details
DateEarly September
RegionLeuven, Belgium
English nameGrand Prix Jef Scherens
Local name(s)Grote Prijs Jef Scherens (in Dutch)
Grote Prijs Poeske Scherens (in Dutch)
DisciplineRoad race
CompetitionUCI Europe Tour
TypeSingle-day
Web sitetourofleuven.be Edit this at Wikidata
History
First edition1963 (1963)
Editions57 (as of 2024)
First winner Marcel Van Den Bogaert (BEL)
Most wins Frans Verbeeck (BEL) (4 wins)
Most recent Markus Hoelgaard (NOR)

Tour of Leuven - Memorial Jef Scherens (until 2021 Grote Prijs Jef Scherens) is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in September in Leuven, Belgium.[1] 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.[2]

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.[3]

14 september 2014: departure in Leuven
  1. ^ "Tour of Leuven". FirstCycling.com. 2023.
  2. ^ "Grote Prijs Jef Scherens - Rondom Leuven(1.1)". ProcyclingStats. 6 October 2023.
  3. ^ "G.P Jef Scherens / Leuven (Bel) - Cat.1.1". Memoire-du-cyclisme.eu (in French). Retrieved 31 December 2021.