Great War Remembrance Race

{{Infobox cycling race

| name = Great War Remembrance Race

| current_event =

| image =Great War Remembrance Race-2018 poster.jpg

| date = End of August

| region = Belgium and France

| english = Great War Remembrance Race

| localnames =

| nickname =

| discipline = Road

| competition = UCI Europe Tour

| type = One-day

| organiser = Flanders Classics & organisers of Gent–Wevelgem

| director =

| first = {{start date|2018}}

| number = 1

| last = 2018

| firstwinner = {{flagathlete|Mihkel Räim|EST}}

| mostwins = No repeat winners

| mostrecent = {{flagathlete|Mihkel Räim|EST}}

}}

The Great War Remembrance Race was a European single-day cycle race to be held annually from 2018 which passed through the Belgian province of West Flanders, organized by Flanders Classics and the organizers of Gent–Wevelgem as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. The inaugural edition marked the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I and was held on 24 August 2018 and won by Mihkel Räim. Further editions were intended to safeguard continuing awareness of this historic war.{{cite news

|url=http://sporza.be/permalink/1.3070481

|title=Nieuwe koers "Great War Remembrance Race" moet uitgroeien tot klassieker

|trans-title=New race "Great War Remembrance Race" to become classic cycle race

|language=dutch

|date=2017-09-21

|publisher=sporza.be}}

Future editions of the race were canceled in June, 2019. The organizers cited calendar conflicts and similarities to other races in their decision to not continue the race.{{Cite web|url=https://www.flandersclassics.be/en/fc/great-war-remembrance-race-will-not-have-second-edition-2019|title=Great War Remembrance Race will not have a second edition in 2019|date=2019-06-07|website=Flanders Classics-|language=en|access-date=2019-09-05}}

Winners

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{{Cycling pw rider|year=2018|name={{sortname|Mihkel|Räim}}|nat=EST|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|ICA|2018}}}}

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