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 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,
Amaury Sport Organisation 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.
Major results
;1949
: 2nd GP Stad Zottegem
;1950
: 3rd La Flèche Wallonne
;1952
: 3rd Roubaix–Huy
: 4th La Flèche Wallo ...
and
Rolf Wolfshohl
Rolf Wolfshohl (born 27 December 1938) is a former professional road bicycle racing and cyclo-cross racing cyclist from Germany. Wolfshohl is best known in cyclo-cross for winning the world championship three times, and in road racing for winni ...
won the Ardennes weekend while they have never won either the Flèche Wallonne or Liège-Bastogne-Liège.
Palmares
References
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La Flèche Wallonne
Liège–Bastogne–Liège
Classic cycle races