The GP Impanis-Van Petegem (also known as the Super 8 Classic) is a single-day

road bicycle race Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on paved roads. Road racing is the most popular professional form of bicycle racing, in terms of numbers of competitors, events and spectators. The two most com ...

held annually since 1982 in the region of

Flemish Brabant Flemish Brabant ( ; ) is a province of Flanders, one of the three regions of Belgium. It borders on (clockwise from the North) the Belgian provinces of Antwerp, Limburg, Liège, Walloon Brabant, Hainaut and East Flanders. Flemish Brabant also ...

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. The race was originally organized as a tribute to

Raymond Impanis Raymond Impanis (19 October 1925 – 31 December 2010) was a Belgium, Belgian professional cycle sport, cyclist from 1947 to 1963. He won Paris–Roubaix, the Tour of Flanders (men's race), Tour of Flanders, Gent–Wevelgem and three stages in ...

in and around

Kampenhout Kampenhout () is a Municipalities of Belgium, municipality located in the Belgium, Belgian province of Flemish Brabant. The municipality comprises the towns of Berg, Belgium, Berg, Buken, Kampenhout proper and Nederokkerzeel. On 1 January 2006 Kamp ...

and known as the GP Impanis. Between 1995 and 2004, the race was no longer organized, only to be reinstated in 2005 as a race only for juniors (under 21). In 2011, the race was again organised for professional cyclists and upgraded to a 1.2 event on the

UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the Union Cycliste Internationale The Union Cycliste Internationale (; UCI; ) is the world governing body for sports cycling and ove ...

. It was also renamed to GP Impanis-Van Petegem in honor of

Peter Van Petegem Peter van Petegem (born 18 January 1970) is a former professional road racing cyclist. Van Petegem last rode for Quick Step-Innergetic, in 2007. He lived in Horebeke. He was a specialist in spring classics, one of ten riders to win the Tour of ...

. Since then, the race has started near

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, the birthplace of Van Petegem, and has finished close to Kampenhout, namely in

Haacht Haacht () is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Flemish Brabant. The municipality comprises the towns of Haacht proper, Kelfs, Tildonk, Wakkerzeel and Wespelaar. In 2023, Haacht had a total population of 15,465. It is reported ...

. The race became a 1.1 event in 2012 and was upgraded to 1.HC in 2015. In 2020, the race was upgraded to 1.Pro and added to the

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UCI ProSeries; however, the cancellation of the 2020 edition meant that the race made its

UCI ProSeries The UCI ProSeries is the second tier men's elite road bicycle racer, road cycling tour. It was inaugurated in 2020 UCI ProSeries, 2020. The series is placed below the UCI World Tour, but above the various regional UCI Continental Circuits. Devel ...

debut in

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Winners

References

External links

Official Website
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