# Flèche Hesbignonne

The Flèche Hesbignonne-Cras Avernas was a one-day road cycling race held annually in Belgium. Created in 1952, it first took place between Niel and Sint-Truiden. It was then held between Cras-Avernas and Remouchamps. It was on the UCI Europe Tour in category 1.2 for its final editions in 2005 and 2006.

## Winners

| Year | Winner | Second | Third |
| 1952 | Constant Verschueren | Jan Zagers | Edgard Sorgeloos |
| 1953 | Alois De Hertog | Bim Diederich | Edward Peeters |
| 1954 | Jan Zagers | Lucien Huybrechts | Edward Peeters |
| 1955 | Rik Luyten | Ernest Sterckx | Willy Vannitsen |
| 1956 | Lode Anthonis | Guillaume Hendrickx | Pierre Machiels |
| 1957 | Frans Schoubben | Jan Zagers | Jozef Planckaert |
| 1958 | Francis Kemplaire | Leopold Schaeken | Jos Verachtert |
| 1959 | Jos Verachtert | Louis Proost | Frans Aerenhouts |
| 1960 | Jozef Schils | Laurent Christiaens | Guillaume Michiels |
| 1961 | Jan Adriaensens | Eddy Pauwels | Jef Lahaye |
| 1962 | Jozef Schils | Piet Damen | Laurent Christiaens |
| 1963 | Rik Luyten | Ferdinand Bracke | Theo Nijs |
| 1964 | No race |
| 1965 | Leo Knops | Romain Robben | Reindert de Jong |
| 1966 | Herman Van Springel | Joseph Spruyt | Roger Swerts |
| 1967 | Herman Van Springel | Noel Depauw | Herman Vrancken |
| 1968 | Michael Wright | Roger Blockx | Jozef Huysmans |
| 1969 | Alfons De Bal | Jan Boonen | Christian Callens |
| 1970 | Frans Verbeeck | Joseph Bruyère | Peter Nassen |
| 1971 | Ferdinand Bracke | Julien Stevens | Eddy Schutz |
| 1972 | Georges Van Coningsloo | Joseph Van Olmen | Georges Barras |
| 1973 | Julien Van Lint | Georges Van Coningsloo | Antoon Houbrechts |
| 1974 | Gustaaf Van Roosbroeck | Roger Loysch [fr] | Romain Maes |
| 1975 | Jacques Martin | Léon Thomas | Georges Pintens |
| 1976 | Ludo Peeters | Willem Peeters | Marcel Laurens |
| 1977 | Alfons De Bal | Herman Van Springel | Victor Van Schil |
| 1978 | Frans Van Vlierberghe | Jacques Martin | Eddy Vanhaerens |
| 1979 | Alfons De Bal | Christian Dumont | Gery Verlinden |
| 1980 | Jean Vanderstappen | Dudley Hayton | André Verbraecken |
| 1981 | Gregor Braun | Eddy Planckaert | Louis Luyton |
| 1982 | René Martens | Pierrot Cuypers | Luc Colijn |
| 1983 | Patrick Versluys | Michel Dernies | Gérard Veldscholten |
| 1984 | Jos Jacobs | William Tackaert | Alfons De Wolf |
| 1985 | Gery Verlinden | Patrick Toelen | Dirk Demol |
| 1986 | Johan Delathouwer | Dirk De Wolf | Martin Durant |
| 1987 | René Martens | Erik Vanderaerden | Marc Seynaeve |
| 1988 | Stephan Van Leeuwe | Koen Vekemans | Carlo Bomans |
| 1989 | Jan Bogaert | Etienne De Wilde | Bruno Geuens |
| 1990 | Søren Lilholt | Yves Godimus | Hendrik Redant |
| 1991 | Wilfried Nelissen | Michel Cornelisse | Konstantin Khrabtsov |
| 1992 | Patrick Schoovaerts | Johan Verstrepen | Jan Mattheus |
| 1993 | Nico Emonds | Frank Corvers | Jan Van Camp |
| 1994 | Nico Emonds | Johan Remels | Jeroen Blijlevens |
| 1995 | Wilfried Peeters | Jelle Nijdam | Frank Vandenbroucke |
| 1996 | Marc Streel | Johan Museeuw | Stéphane Hennebert |
| 1997 | Peter Verbeken | Robbie Van Daele | Erwin Thijs |
| 1998 | Peter Verbeken | Bert Roesems | Michel Cornelisse |
| 1999 | Wim Omloop | Bart Heirewegh | Donatas Virbickas |
| 2000 | Michel Vanhaecke | Marc Streel | Bert Roesems |
| 2001 | John Talen | Oleg Pankov | Jan Claes |
| 2002 | No race |
| 2003 | Erwin Thijs | Geert Omloop | Joseph Boulton |
| 2004 | Rory Sutherland | Geert Van Bondt | Ludovic Capelle |
| 2005 | Geert Verheyen | Matthé Pronk | Nico Sijmens |
| 2006 | Erwin Thijs | Johan Verstrepen | Shinichi Fukushima |