Memorial Fons Brydenbach

About the race

The Juvah Stratenloop Memorial Fons Brydenbach is the annual street race of Rijkevorsel, in the Antwerp Kempen. The running festival begins in the late afternoon with a karamellenloop and a kids' jogging race, both free, and then moves on to the competitive distances of 5 and 10 kilometres on a course through the village streets. Music accompanies the evening, which runs on late, making the event as much a village party as a race. It is organised by Rijkevorsel-Leeft vzw, which also puts cycling races on the local calendar. The race carries the name of Fons Brydenbach (1954-2009), European indoor champion over 400 metres and for decades the holder of the Belgian record at that distance.