The Flemish Cycling Week (Dutch:Vlaamse Wielerweek) or simply Flemish Week, is a series of five road cycling races held in Flanders in late March and early April. The series in fact spans two weeks. It has begun with Tour of Bruges since 2018 and ends 11âÂÂ12 days later with the Tour of Flanders, which is the most important race of the series. Tour of Flanders is the oldest of the five races, first held in 1913. Tour of Bruges (formerly Three Days of De Panne and Classic BruggeâÂÂDe Panne) is the youngest event, first held in 1977.
Since 2004, the races have begun to hold women's editions on the same day â , four of the five races hold women's races, all part of the UCI Women's World Tour.
Since 2018, the series has consisted of five one-day races for men:
Originally the Brabantse Pijl was part of the Flemish Cycling Week as it was run the Sunday before the Tour of Flanders, but in 2010 it was rescheduled to a later date, because the race course was more suitable for riders participating in the Ardennes classics. The gap in the calendar was filled by Gent-Wevelgem, which used to be held on the Wednesday after the Tour of Flanders.
In 2018, multi-stage race Three Days of De Panne was rebranded as one-day race Classic BruggeâÂÂDe Panne and moved to mid-March. From 2026, it rebranded as Tour of Bruges.
Since 2004, the races have begun to hold women's editions on the same day â , four of the five races hold women's races, all held as part of the UCI Women's World Tour.
A women's edition of E3 Saxo Bank Classic was held between 2022 and 2023 under the name Leiedal Koerse, but the 2024 edition was cancelled due to financial issues.