Le Samyn

Le Samyn is an annual single-day road bicycle race in Belgium, held usually in late February or early March.

The event was created in 1968 as Grand Prix de Fayt-le-Franc, named after the former municipality where it started and finished.

[3] It is the first race of the season in Wallonia, held on the Tuesday after its Flemish counterpart, Omloop Het Nieuwsblad.

The race is run entirely in the province of Hainaut, starting in Quaregnon and finishing in Dour.

During the course, 16 sectors of cobbled roads are traversed, prompting Belgian media to call it The Little Paris–Roubaix.