The Grand Prix Criquielion is a

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an single day

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held each year in and around the Belgian village of

Deux-Acren Deux-Acren is a village of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Lessines, located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. History In 1270 the name in ''Akeren'' was used. On a map from 1540 the village was called ''Okeren''. The municip ...

. The race was first organized in 1991 in honour of

Claude Criquielion Claude Criquielion (11 January 1957 – 18 February 2015) was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer who raced between 1979 and 1990. In 1984, Criquielion became the world road race champion in Barcelona, Spain on a gruelling course. ...

, who had announced his retirement that same year and was also the first winner of the race. The race was organized as a 1.2 category event on the

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until 2023 when it upgraded to 1.1 status.

Winners

References

External links

*{{official website Cycle races in Belgium UCI Europe Tour races Recurring sporting events established in 1991 1991 establishments in Belgium