Men Elite history
Mads Pedersen
2.
Mathieu van der Poel
3.
Jordi Meeus
4.
Jasper Philipsen
5.
Jonathan Milan
6.
Olav Kooij
7.
Biniam Girmay
8.
Tim Merlier
9.
Dylan Groenewegen
10.
Matteo Trentin
Results 2024
Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek) has won Gent-Wevelgem in Flanders Fields for the second time. After a race where the first selection occurred in De Moeren and the pace never really slowed down thereafter, Pedersen and Van der Poel rode together to the finish line. The world champion had to concede victory to the Dane who claimed his second Gent-Wevelgem victory.
Mads Pedersen
2.
Mathieu van der Poel
3.
Jordi Meeus
Christophe Laporte
2.
Wout van Aert
3.
Sep Vanmarcke
Biniam Girmay
2.
Christophe Laporte
3.
Dries Van Gestel
Wout van Aert
2.
Giacomo Nizzolo
3.
Matteo Trentin
Mads Pedersen
2.
Florian Sénéchal
3.
Matteo Trentin
Alexander Kristoff
2.
John Degenkolb
3.
Oliver Naesen
Peter Sagan
2.
Elia Viviani
3.
Arnaud Démare
Greg Van Avermaet
2.
Jens Keukeleire
3.
Peter Sagan
Peter Sagan
2.
Sep Vanmarcke
3.
Viacheslav Kuznetsov
Luca Paolini
2.
Niki Tepstra
3.
Geraint Thomas
John Degenkolb
2.
Arnaud Démare
3.
Peter Sagan
Peter Sagan
2.
Borut Bozic
3.
Greg Van Avermaet
Tom Boonen
2.
Peter Sagan
3.
Matti Breschel
Tom Boonen
2.
Daniele Bennati
3.
Tyler Farrar
Bernhard Eisel
2.
Sep Vanmarcke
3.
Philippe Gilbert
Edvald Boasson Hagen
2.
Aleksandr Kuschynski
3.
Matthew Goss
Oscar Freire
2.
Aurélien Clerc
3.
Wouter Weylandt
Marcus Burghardt
2.
Roger Hammond
3.
Oscar Freire
Thor Hushovd
2.
David Kopp
3.
Alessandro Petacchi
Nico Mattan
2.
Juan-Antonio Flecha
3.
Daniele Bennati
Tom Boonen
2.
Magnus Backstedt
3.
Jaan Kirsipuu
Andreas Klier
2.
Henk Vogels
3.
Tom Boonen
Mario Cipollini
2.
Fred Rodriguez
3.
George Hincapie
George Hincapie
2.
Leon van Bon
3.
Steffen Wesemann
Geert Van Bondt
2.
Peter Van Petegem
3.
Johan Museeuw
Tom Steels
2.
Zbigniew Spruch
3.
Tristan Hoffman
Frank Vandenbroucke
2.
Lars Michaelsen
3.
Nico Mattan
Philippe Gaumont
2.
Andrei Tchmil
3.
Johan Capiot
Tom Steels
2.
Giovanni Lombardi
3.
Fabio Baldato
Lars Michaelsen
2.
Maurizio Fondriest
3.
Luc Roosen
Wilfried Peeters
2.
Franco Ballerini
3.
Johan Museeuw
Mario Cipollini
2.
Eric Vanderaerden
3.
Djamolidine Abdoujaparov
Mario Cipollini
2.
Johan Capiot
3.
Adriano Baffi
Djamolidine Abdoujaparov
2.
Mario Cipollini
3.
Olaf Ludwig
Herman Frison
2.
Johan Museeuw
3.
Franco Ballerini
Gerrit Solleveld
2.
Sean Yates
3.
Rolf Sorensen
Sean Kelly
2.
Gianno Bugno
3.
Ron Kiefel
Teun Van Vliet
2.
Etienne De Wilde
3.
Herman Frison
Guido Bontempi
2.
Twan Poels
3.
Jean-Marie Wampers
Eric Vanderaerden
2.
Phil Anderson
3.
Rudy Dhaenens
Guido Bontempi
2.
Eric Vanderaerden
3.
Pierino Gavazzi
Leo van Vliet
2.
Jan Raas
3.
Frank Hoste
Frank Hoste
2.
Eddy Vanhaerens
3.
Alfons De Wolf
Jan Raas
2.
Roger De Vlaeminck
3.
Alfons De Wolf
Henk Lubberding
2.
Alfons De Wolf
3.
Piet van Katwijk
Francesco Moser
2.
Roger De Vlaeminck
3.
Jan Raas
Ferdi Van Den Haute
2.
Walter Planckaert
3.
Francesco Moser
Bernard Hinault
2.
Vittorio Algeri
3.
Piet van Katwijk
Freddy Maertens
2.
Rik Van Linden
3.
Frans Verbeeck
Freddy Maertens
2.
Frans Verbeeck
3.
Rik Van Linden
Barry Hoban
2.
Eddy Merckx
3.
Roger De Vlaeminck
Eddy Merckx
2.
Frans Verbeeck
3.
Walter Planckaert
Roger Swerts
2.
Felice Gimondi
3.
Eddy Merckx
Georges Pintens
2.
Roger De Vlaeminck
3.
Gerben Karstens
Eddy Merckx
2.
Wily Vekemans
3.
Walter Godefroot
Willy Vekemans
2.
Roger De Vlaeminck
3.
Eric De Vlaeminck
Walter Godefroot
2.
Willy Vanneste
3.
Felice Gimondi
Eddy Merckx
2.
Jan Janssen
3.
Edward Sels
Herman Vanspringel
2.
Noël Vanclooster
3.
Palle Lykke Jensen
Noël De Pauw
2.
Bernard Vandekerckhove
3.
Gustaaf Desmet
Jacques Anquetil
2.
Yvo Molenaers
3.
Rik Van Looy
Benoni Beheyt
2.
Tom Simpson
3.
Michel Van Aerde
Rik Van Looy
2.
Frans Schoubben
3.
Armand Desmet
Frans Aerenhouts
2.
Raymond Impanis
3.
Yvo Molenaers
Frans Aerenhouts
2.
Frans De Mulder
3.
Jozef Planckaert
Léon Van Daele
2.
Joseph Hoevenaars
3.
Jacques Anquetil
Noël Foré
2.
Rik Van Looy
3.
Fred De Bruyne
Rik Van Looy
2.
Richard Van Genechten
2.
André Noyelle
Rik Van Looy
2.
Richard Van Genechten
2.
André Noyelle
Briek Schotte
2.
Désiré Keteleer
3.
Raymond Impanis
Rolf Graf
2.
Ferdinand Kübler
3.
Ernest Sterckx
Raymond Impanis
2.
Wim Van Est
3.
Germain Derycke
Raymond Impanis
2.
Maurice Blomme
3.
Aloïs De Hertog
André Rosseel
2.
Raphaël Jonckheere
3.
Lionel Van Brabant
Briek Schotte
2.
Albert Decin
3.
André Declerq
Marcel Kint
2.
André Declerq
3.
Albert Decin
Valère Ollivier
2.
Albert Ramon
3.
Hilaire Couvreur
Maurice De simpelaere
2.
René Beyens
3.
Lucien Vlaemynck
Ernest Sterckx
2.
Maurice Desimpelaere
3.
Michel Remue
Robert Van Eenaeme
2.
Maurice Van Herzele
3.
André Declerck
No race
No race
No race
No race
No race
André Declerck
2.
Frans Van Hellemont
3.
Albert Van Laecke
Hubert Godart
2.
Edmond Delathouwer
3.
Gustaaf Van Cauwenberghe
Robert Van Eenaeme
2.
Albert Ritserveldt
3.
André Hallaert
Robert Van Eenaeme
2.
Jozef Somers
3.
Gaston Denijs
Albert Depreitere
2.
Jerome Dufromont
3.
Karel Catrysse
Gustaaf Van Belle
2.
Maurice Vandenberghe
3.
Jerome Dufromont
Record holders
There are six of them, the men who managed to win Gent-Wevelgem three times. Only Peter Sagan is currently still cycling in the professional peloton, so if he manages to win again, he will be the sole record holder with four victories.
Robert Van Eenaeme belongs to that select group of riders who won Gent-Wevelgem three times during their careers. Van Eenaeme won the classic twice as an independent and once as a professional rider. His last win did not come until more than a week after the race. A photo published in the newspaper showed that Van Eenaeme was slightly faster than Maurice Van Herzele, who was initially declared the winner.
In 1956, Rik Van Looy won the first major classic of his career with Gent-Wevelgem. The Emperor of Herentals completed his hat trick six years later. Van Looy played an important role in Gent-Wevelgem between 1956 and 1969. The Belgian started the classic thirteen times, finishing in the top 10 no fewer than 8 times.
The Cannibal finished on the podium five times in Gent-Wevelgem, three times at the top. In his first victory, he had the measure of Jan Janssen after an impressive sprint. Three years later, he left his fellow escapees behind three kilometres from the finish and another three years further on he defeated Frans Verbeeck in the sprint with a select group. Merckx finished in the top ten in Gent-Wevelgem no fewer than nine times. No one else has ever done that.
After the disqualification of Abdoujaparov, the Italian Mario Cipollini was declared the winner of Gent-Wevelgem for the first time in 1992. A year later, Super Mario was able to win again and this time after a normal sprint. Ten years after his first victory, Cipollini joined the list of record holders in 2002. No bunch sprint then, but a fight with four other escapees. In his famous zebra outfit, the eccentric Tuscan won ahead of Fred Rodriguez.
Tom Boonen celebrated for the first time on the Vanackerestraat in Wevelgem at the age of just 23. He beat the likes of Magnus Backstedt and Jaan Kirsipuu in a bunch sprint. After that, the most popular Belgian rider of his generation had to wait seven years before he could celebrate again in Gent-Wevelgem. In 2011, he was faster than Daniele Bennati and Tyler Farrar. A year later, Boonen completed his hat trick after a sprint with a small elite group.
That Peter Sagan knows the Gent-Wevelgem podium well is an understatement. The second time he participated, in 2012, the Slovak was runner-up after Tom Boonen beat him in the sprint. A year later, Sagan was the winner. And how! He crossed the line solo with a wheelie after an icy and shortened edition. In 2016, as world champion, he doubled his number of victories in Gent-Wevelgem. Two years later, Sagan was again able to celebrate in his rainbow jersey. He defeated Elia Viviani and Arnaud Démare in the sprint to become co-record holder.
