The Ardennes Weekend was an overall points classification based on the results of two Belgian classic cycling races: La Flèche Wallonne and Liège-Bastogne-Liège.

Week-end ardennais
Race details
DateApril, May
English nameArdennes Weekend
Local name(s)Weekend ardennais (in French), Ardeens Weekend (in Dutch)
DisciplineRoad
History
First edition1950 (1950)
Editions20 (as of 2022)
First winner Raymond Impanis (BEL)
Most wins Frans Schoubben (BEL)
 Ferdi Kübler (SUI)
(2 wins)
Most recent Laurent Jalabert (FRA)

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.[1]

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 and Rolf Wolfshohl won the Ardennes weekend while they have never won either the Flèche Wallonne or Liège-Bastogne-Liège.[2]

Palmares

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Year Winner Second Third
1950   Raymond Impanis   Prosper Depredomme   Fausto Coppi
1951   Ferdi Kübler   Jean Robic   Gino Bartali
1952   Ferdi Kübler   Jean Robic   Raymond Impanis
1953   Jan Storms   Stan Ockers   Alois De Hertog
1954   Marcel Ernzer   Ferdi Kübler   Raymond Impanis
1955   Stan Ockers   Jean Brankart   Jan Adriaensens
1956   Richard Van Genechten   André Vlayen   Sante Ranucci
1957   Frans Schoubben   Joseph Planckaert   Raymond Impanis
1958   Alfred De Bruyne   Raymond Impanis   Pierre Everaert
1959   Frans Schoubben   Frans De Mulder   Alfred De Bruyne
1960   Albertus Geldermans   Rik Van Looy   Pierre Everaert
1961   Rik Van Looy   Armand Desmet   Marcel Rohrbach
1962   Rolf Wolfshohl   Henri De Wolf   Armand Desmet
1963   Raymond Poulidor   Pino Cerami   Jan Janssen
1964   Willy Bocklant   Georges Van Coningsloo   Vittorio Adorni
1993   Maurizio Fondriest
1994   Evgueni Berzin
1995   Laurent Jalabert
1996   Lance Armstrong
1997   Laurent Jalabert

References

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  1. ^ "Weekend Ardennais/Ardeens Weekend". siteducyclisme.net (in French).
  2. ^ "Le challenge week-end ardennais revit!". lesoir.be. 30 March 1993. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 28 March 2013.