In 2000 the event was renamed '' Dwars door Vlaanderen '' and Roeselare became the new starting place . The race was included in the inaugural UCI Europe Tour in 2005 , classified as a UCI 1.1 event , and from 2013 to 2016 as a 1 . HC race . The 2016 edition nearly had to be cancelled as it was scheduled one day after the 2016 Brussels bombings , causing security alert to be raised to the highest level in all of Belgium . On the evening of the event , organizers decided to continue as planned and the Belgian authorities gave clearance on the day of the race . The race was won by Jens Debusschere
2016 Brussels bombings
2016 Brussels bombings
Dwars door Vlaanderen