Binche–Chimay–Binche

Binche–Chimay–Binche

Race details
Date	Early October
Region	Wallonia, Belgium
Local name(s)	Binche–Chimay–Binche Memorial Frank Vandenbroucke
Discipline	Road race
Competition	UCI Europe Tour
Type	Single-day race
Web site	www.binche-chimay-binche.eu
History
First edition	1911 (1911)
Editions	37 (as of 2025)
First winner	Jean Van Ingelghem (BEL)
Most wins	Omer Taverne (BEL)  Jelle Nijdam (NED)  Danny van Poppel (NED)(2 wins)
Most recent	Jordi Meeus (BEL)
History (women)
First winner	Sara Van de Vel (BEL)
Most recent	Lorena Wiebes (NED)

Binche–Chimay–Binche (also known as Memorial Frank Vandenbroucke) is a single-day road bicycle race held annually between Binche and Chimay, in Wallonia, Belgium. The race is rated as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour.

The race was originally held between Binche and Tournai. It was first organized in 1911 as Binche-Tournai-Binche; suspended between 1931 and 1983, but revived again between 1997 and 2009. In 2010, it was organized as the "Binche Tournai Binche/Memorial Frank Vandenbroucke", to commemorate cyclist Frank Vandenbroucke who died in October 2009 (at age 34) and the most recent winner of the race. In 2013, the routing changed from Tournai to Chimay, hence the name changed to Binche–Chimay–Binche.^[1]

A women's race has been held since 2021, and is rated as a 1.1 category UCI event.^[2]

Year	Country	Rider	Team
1911	Belgium	Jean Van Ingelghem	Individual
1912	Belgium	Félix Sellier	Individual
1913 1921	No race
1922	Belgium	Omer Taverne	Individual
1923	Belgium	Achille Vermandel	Unknown
1924	Belgium	Hector Martin	Unknown
1925	Belgium	Arthur Dewit	Unknown
1926	Belgium	Omer Taverne	Unknown
1927	Belgium	Jean Hans	Unknown
1928 1929	No race
1930	Belgium	Alfons Kindt	Unknown
1931 1983	No race
1984	Belgium	Benny Van Brabant	Tönissteiner-Lotto-Mavic-Pecotex
1985	Netherlands	Adri Van Der Poel	Kwantum–Decosol–Yoko
1986	Belgium	Ronny Van Holen	Joker–Emerxil–Merckx
1987	Belgium	Willem Van Eynde	Joker–Merckx
1988	Belgium	Nico Emonds	Superconfex–Yoko–Opel–Colnago
1989	France	Dominique Gaigne	Histor-Sigma
1990	Netherlands	Jelle Nijdam	Buckler–Colnago–Decca
1991	Belgium	Michel Dernies	Weinmann-EVS
1992	Belgium	Jean-Marie Wampers	Collstrop-Garden Wood-Histor
1993	Belgium	Patrick Van Roosbroeck	La William-Duvel
1994	Belgium	Wilfried Nelissen	Novemail–Histor–Laser Computer
1995	Netherlands	Jelle Nijdam	TVM–Polis Direct
1996	Belgium	Frank Vandenbroucke	Mapei–GB
1997 2009	No race
2010	Italy	Elia Viviani	Liquigas–Doimo
2011	Germany	Rüdiger Selig	Leopard Trek
2012	Great Britain	Adam Blythe	BMC Racing Team
2013	South Africa	Reinardt Janse van Rensburg	Argos–Shimano
2014	Czech Republic	Zdeněk Štybar	Omega Pharma–Quick-Step
2015	Netherlands	Ramon Sinkeldam	Team Giant–Alpecin
2016	France	Arnaud Démare	FDJ
2017	Belgium	Jasper De Buyst	Lotto–Soudal
2018	Netherlands	Danny van Poppel	LottoNL–Jumbo
2019	Belgium	Tom Van Asbroeck	Israel Cycling Academy
2020	No race due to COVID-19 pandemic in Belgium
2021	Netherlands	Danny van Poppel	Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux
2022	France	Christophe Laporte	Team Jumbo–Visma
2023	Italy	Luca Mozzato	Arkéa–Samsic
2024	Belgium	Arnaud De Lie	Lotto–Dstny
2025	Belgium	Jordi Meeus	Red Bull–Bora–Hansgrohe

Year	Country	Rider	Team
2021	Belgium	Sara Van de Vel	Team Rupelcleaning–Champion Lubricants
2022	Netherlands	Lorena Wiebes	SD Worx
2023	Great Britain	Pfeiffer Georgi	Team DSM
2024	Great Britain	Cat Ferguson	Movistar Team
2025	Netherlands	Lorena Wiebes	Team SD Worx–Protime

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