The mission of the Flanders Classics is to ensure the position of the Flemish Classics in the international cycling calendar.

After 2006, the race has been cancelled from the cycling calendar.

In 2000, he experienced his first victories, winning several mountains classification prizes from prominent events on the Spanish amateur cycling calendar.

Bastogne is the midpoint of the famous Liège-Bastogne-Liège classic bicycle race, one of the biggest events in the professional cycling calendar, dating from the end of the 19th century.

Roubaix is the finish of the Paris-Roubaix cycling classic, one of the most prestigious events on the cycling calendar.

Omloop Het Nieuwsblad is the opening event on the Belgian cycling calendar and is usually held on the last Saturday in February or the first in March.

Its position in the cycling calendar means it is often used as preparation for the spring classics or the grand tours which take place later in the season.

In 2012, Turgot was runner-up in one of the most prestigious races of the cycling calendar, Paris-Roubaix.

Over the years it has been run at three different times on the international cycling calendar.

From 2002 onwards the race has again become an annual fixture on the cycling calendar.