The 1996 Grote Prijs Jef Scherens was the 30th edition of the

Grote Prijs Jef Scherens 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. Since 2005, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. The race is ...

cycle race and was held on 1 September 1996. The race started and finished in

Leuven Leuven (, , ), also called Louvain (, , ), is the capital and largest City status in Belgium, city of the Provinces of Belgium, province of Flemish Brabant in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is located about east of Brussels. The municipalit ...

. The race was won by

Jans Koerts Jans Koerts (born 24 August 1969) is a Dutch former professional road bicycle racer. He was professional from 1992 until 2007. He notably won Stage 3 of the 2000 Vuelta a España. Career Koerts started his career at in 1991 as a stagiare. At th ...

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1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

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