The Brabantse Pijl ( en, Brabant Arrow, french: italic=yes, Flèche Brabançonne or ''Flèche Branconne'') is a

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held annually in

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and in

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. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 1.1 event on the

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. Zaventem used to be the city of start; in 2008 however,

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became the place of start. Until 2009, the finish was located in

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and, in 2010, it moved to

Overijse Overijse () is a municipality in the province of Flemish Brabant, in Flanders, Belgium. It is a suburb of the wider Brussels metropolitan area. The municipality comprises the town of Overijse, and the communities of Eizer, Maleizen, Jezus-Eik, T ...

. Also in 2010, the fixed date of the Brabantse Pijl shifted from the Sunday before the

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to the Wednesday before the

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. In 2011, the race was upgraded to a

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event. Edwig Van Hooydonck holds the record for most wins in the race with four between 1987 and 1995.

Winners

Multiple winners

''Active riders are in italics''

Wins per country

External links

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