Le Samyn

Le Samyn

Race details
Date	Early-March
Region	Fayt-le-Franc, Hainaut, Belgium
English name	Grand Prix José Samyn
Local name(s)	Grand Prix José Samyn (French)
Nickname(s)	Le Samyn
Discipline	Road
Competition	UCI Europe Tour
Type	Single-day
History
First edition	1968 (1968)
Editions	43 (as of 2011)
First winner	José Samyn (FRA)
Most wins	Johan Capiot (BEL) (3 wins)
Most recent	Dominic Klemme (GER)

Memorial José Samyn is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in March in Fayt-le-Franc, Belgium, starting in Frameries and finishing in Dour. Since 2005, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. Established in 1968 as a professional race, it was originally held under the name of GP Fayt-le-Franc, becoming Memorial José Samyn in 1970 after the death of José Samyn in 1969.

Winners

Grand Prix José Samyn

		Rider	Team
1968	FRA !	Samyn, JoseJosé Samyn (FRA)	Pelforth-Sauvage-Lejeune
1969	BEL !	Vrijders, HermanHerman Vrijders (BEL)	Faema
1970	BEL !	Vijver, Ronny Van deRonny Van de Vijver (BEL)	Flandria-Mars
1971	BEL !	Lint, Julien VanJulien Van Lint (BEL)	Molteni
1972	BEL !	Demeyer, MarcMarc Demeyer (BEL)	Beaulieu-Flandria
1973	BEL !	Verreydt, LouisLouis Verreydt (BEL)	Ijsboerke-Bertin
1974	BEL !	Dierickx, ANdreAndré Dierickx (BEL)	Merlin Plage-Flandria
1975	FRA !	Santy, AlainAlain Santy (FRA)	Gitane-Campagnolo
1976	BEL !	Baert, DirkDirk Baert (BEL)	Carlos
1977	FRA !	Périn, MichelMichel Périn (FRA)	Gitane-Campagnolo
1978	BEL !	Vanspringel, HermanHerman Vanspringel (BEL)	Marc Zeepcentrale-Superia
1979	NED !	Schipper, AdriAdri Schipper (NED)	Marc Zeepcentrale-Superia
1980	BEL !	Verlinden, GeryGery Verlinden (BEL)	Ijsboerke-Warncke Eis
1981	BEL !	Verschuere, PolPol Verschuere (BEL)	Capri Sonne
1982	BEL !	Jacobs, JosJos Jacobs (BEL)	Vermeer Thijs
1983	NED !	Meer, Jacques VanJacques Van Meer (NED)	Fangio-Tönissteiner
1984	BEL !	Rossel, DanielDaniel Rossel (BEL)	Tönissteiner-Lotto
1985	BEL !	Holen, Ronny VanRonny Van Holen (BEL)	Safir-Van de Ven
1986	BEL !	Onnockx, PatrickPatrick Onnockx (BEL)	Lotto-Emerxil-Merckx
1987	BEL !	Criquielion, ClaudeClaude Criquielion (BEL)	Hitachi-Marc
1988	~ !No race
1989	BEL !	Redant, HendrikHendrik Redant (BEL)	Lotto
1990	BEL !	Redant, HendrikHendrik Redant (BEL)	Lotto-Superclub
1991	BEL !	Dauwe, JohnnyJohnny Dauwe (BEL)	Tulip Computers
1992	BEL !	Capiot, JohanJohan Capiot (BEL)	TVM-Sanyo
1993	BEL !	Nelissen, WilfriedWilfried Nelissen (BEL)	Novemail-Histor
1994	BEL !	Capiot, JohanJohan Capiot (BEL)	TVM-Bison Kit
1995	BEL !	Capiot, JohanJohan Capiot (BEL)	Refin
1996	BEL !	Meester, Hans DeHans De Meester (BEL)	Palmans
1997	BEL !	Haecke, Michel VanMichel Van Haecke (BEL)	Ipso-Euroclean
1998	FRA !	Auger, LudovicLudovic Auger (FRA)	BigMat-Auber 93
1999	BEL !	Marichal, ThierryThierry Marichal (BEL)	Lotto-Mobistar
2000	DEN !	Hoj, FrankFrank Hoj (DEN)	Française des Jeux
2001	BEL !	Gerits, KrisKris Gerits (BEL)	Vlaanderen T-Interim
2002	SWE !	Backstedt, MagnusMagnus Backstedt (SWE)	EDS-Fakta
2003	NED !	Dijk, Stefan vanStefan van Dijk (NED)	Lotto-Domo
2004	AUS !	Macewen, RobbieRobbie McEwen (AUS)	Lotto-Domo
2005	~ !No race
2006	FRA !	Dion, RenaudRenaud Dion (FRA)	AG2R Prévoyance
2007	FRA !	Casper, JimmyJimmy Casper (FRA)	Unibet.com
2008	BEL !	Gilbert, PhilippePhilippe Gilbert (BEL)	Française des Jeux
2009	BEL !	Weylandt, WouterWouter Weylandt (BEL)	Quick Step
2010	BEL !	Keukeleire, JensJens Keukeleire (BEL)	Cofidis
2011	GER !	Klemme, DominicDominic Klemme (GER)	Leopard Trek

External links

• Official Website (French)