The 1998 Grote Prijs Jef Scherens was the 32nd 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 6 September 1998. 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

Jo Planckaert Jo Planckaert (born 16 December 1970) is a Belgian former professional road bicycle racer. He is the son of former professional road bicycle racer Willy Planckaert, brother of famous road bicycle racers Eddy Planckaert, Eddy and Walter Planckaer ...

General classification

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