Bomerée

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Course de Côte de Bomerée – List of Winners

Date	Winner		Car	Time	Final
11/06/1989	Hervé Bayard		Ralt RT30	2:02,41	Results
17/06/1990	Hervé Bayard		Ralt RT30	2:03,58	Results
16/06/1991	Christian Hauser		Martini MK42B	2:01,27	Results
21/06/1992	Christian Hauser		Martini MK42B	2:06,94	Results
20/06/1993	Christian Hauser		Martini MK42B	1:58,68	Results
19/06/1994	Alfred Buchem		Reynard 88D	1:59,06	Results
18/06/1995	“Conny”		Ralt RT32	1:58,94	Results
15/09/1996	Christian Hauser		Martini MK69	1:59,72	Results
24/08/1997	Jean Schmits		Ralt F3000	1:59,78	Results
26/08/2001	Jean Schmits		Ralt F3000	1:56,621	Results
25/08/2002	Jean Schmits		Ralt F3000	1:55,242	Results
24/08/2003	Jean Schmits		Ralt F3000	1:55,110	Results
22/08/2004	Jean Schmits		Ralt F3000	57,266	Results
28/08/2005	Jean Schmits		Ralt F3000	1:54,586	Results
27/08/2006	Jean Schmits		Ralt F3000	1:57,111	Results
26/08/2007	Jean Schmits		Ralt F3000	56,710	Results
24/08/2008	Jean Schmits		Ralt F3000	55,592	Results
23/08/2009	Jean Schmits		Ralt F3000	57,141	Results
22/08/2010	Jelle De Coninck		Norma M20F	57,172	Results
28/08/2011	Jelle De Coninck		Norma M20F	56,544	Results
26/08/2012	Jelle De Coninck		Norma M20F	58,997	Results
25/08/2013	Jelle De Coninck		Norma M20F	57,48	Results
24/08/2014	Jelle De Coninck		Norma M20F	56,46	Results
23/08/2015	Jacques Marchal		Norma M20F	58,89	Results
21/08/2016	Anthony Loeuilleux		Tatuus Master	1:04,85	Results
20/08/2017	Jelle de Coninck		Norma M20 FC	53,83	Results
26/08/2018	Jacques Marchal		Norma M20F	56,55	Results
25/08/2019	Jean Schmits		Ralt F3000	56,95	Results

Perhaps the strangest Hillclimb in Europe is the Course de Côte de ‘M’ de Bomerée. Nothing more than three blunt hairpins and two (almost) 90 degree turns make up this racetrack. In recent history a tire chicane was added on the finish straight. It is one of the oldest hillclimbs in Belgium. Once it was on the outskirts of the town but today the urbanisation swallowed almost the whole track.
The ‘M’ de Bomerée hill is situated on the territory of Montigny-le-Tilleul. This town is a suburb of the fifth largest city in Belgium: Charleroi. Charleroi can be translated literally as “King Charles”. This King Charles denotes Charles II of Spain. The Spanish ruled over the southern Netherlands at the time and they build a large fortress at Charleroi. The site was chosen as it overlooks the Sambre River.
Charleroi did not develop much until the industrial revolution in the 19th and beginning of the 20th century. The coalmines attracted large steel factories and the city boomed. For a time Belgium became the second most industrialised nation in the world and Charleroi was very much the center of it. After the second world war the economic growth came to a halt. The mines closed and the industries left. The decay set in rapidly. By the end of the city many citizens in Belgium considered Charleroi the dirtiest, most dangerous, most depressing city in Belgium. More recently serious attempts are made to revitalize the area. One of the economic pillars is the airport. Thanks to a certain Irish low-budget airline the Charleroi Airport became the South-Brussels Airport. But beware, as the capital of Belgium is still 60km on some of the busiest roads further north. From a cultural point of view, the city is trying to position itself as a forerunner in modern art, design and photography. The largest museum however is dedicated to the mining industry that once brought the city so much wealth. The museum at the Bois du Cazier mine is located in Marcinelle where in 1956 262 miners died. It was the biggest mine disaster in Belgium ever. A large part of the museum keeps the memory of this disaster alive. The Bois du Cazier location is also a World Heritage Site since 2012.