Eurométropole
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Race details | |
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Date | Early October |
Region | Belgium France |
Local name(s) | Circuit Franco-Belge (French) |
Discipline | Road |
Competition | UCI Europe Tour |
Type | Single-day Prior to 2016: Stage-race |
History | |
First edition | 1924 |
Editions | 75 (as of 2015) |
First winner | Julien Perrain (FRA) |
Most wins | Julien Vervaecke (BEL) Alfons Ghesquiere (BEL) Cyriel Van Overberghe (BEL) Georges Dequesne (BEL) Benno Wiss (SUI) Robbie McEwen (AUS)
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Most recent | Alexis Gougeard (FRA) |
The Eurométropole (known as the Circuit Franco-Belge until 2011, as the Tour de Wallonie-Picarde in 2011 and as the Tour de l'Eurométropole from 2012 to 2015) is a single day cycling race held annually in Belgium and France. Since 2005, the race has been organized as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. As of 2016, the race is no longer organized as a stage race and will now be held as a single day race.