The Ardennes Weekend was an overall points classification based on the results of two Belgian

classic cycling races The classic cycle races are the most prestigious one-day professional road cycling races in the international calendar. Some of these events date back to the 19th century. They are normally held at roughly the same time each year. The five most ...

La Flèche Wallonne La Flèche Wallonne (, French for "The Walloon Arrow") is a men's professional cycle road race held in April each year in Wallonia, Belgium. It is part of the UCI World Tour. The first of two Belgian Ardennes classics, La Flèche Wallonne is ...

and Liège-Bastogne-Liège. It was created in 1950, and included, only that year, a third race, Liège-Courcelles. This classification first existed until 1964. It disappeared when the Flèche Wallonne became independent: from 1965 onwards, it was no longer held on the same weekend as Liège-Bastogne-Liège, but three days before. In 1993,

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bought La Flèche Wallonne, three years after acquiring Liège-Bastogne-Liège. Consequently, the Ardennes Weekend was recreated, from 1993 to 1997.

Jan Storms Jan Storms (20 December 1925 – 2 September 2019) was a Belgian racing cyclist. He rode in the 1950 Tour de France. After retiring, De Wolf remained in the cycling world; he was a coach of various cyclists, in particular we remember his suc ...

and

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won the Ardennes weekend while they have never won either the Flèche Wallonne or Liège-Bastogne-Liège.

Palmares

References

{{Reflist La Flèche Wallonne Liège–Bastogne–Liège Classic cycle races