Holland Hills Classic

Boels Rental Hills Classic
Race details
Date May
Region Limburg, The Netherlands
Discipline Road race
Type Single day race
Organiser Stichting Holland Ladies Tour
Race director Thijs Rondhuis
History
First edition 2004 (2004)
Editions 13
Final edition 2016 (2016)
First winner Netherlands Mirjam Melchers
Most wins Netherlands Marianne Vos (3 wins)
Final winner United Kingdom Lizzie Armitstead[1]

The Holland Hills Classic, also called Boels Rental Hills Classic for sponsorship reasons, was a women's elite professional road bicycle race held annually between 2004 and 2016 in Limburg, the Netherlands. The race is a 1.1 UCI category race. The event is organized by the Stichting Holland Ladies Tour, who also organizes the Holland Ladies Tour. For sponsorship reasons the race has had the official titles: Gulpen Hills Classic (2004-2007), Valkenburg Hills Classic (2010), Parkhotel Rooding Classic (2011), Parkhotel Valkenburg Hills Classic (2012) and Boels Rental Hills Classic (2013-2016).[2]

The first four years the race was held in August, with the start and finish in Gulpen.[3] Since 2008 the start and finish are held in Valkenburg aan de Geul[4] and in 2011 the race moved on the calendar to the spring. Since 2014 the start is in Sittard and the finish is on top of the Geulhemmerberg hill in Berg en Terblijt.[5]

In September 2016, shortly after Amstel Gold Race announced their inaugural women's race for 2017 on mainly the same parcours, in the same region and in the same part of the season, the main sponsor Boels Rental and race director Thijs Rondhuis said there won't be a Hills Classic in 2017.[6]

Past winners

Year First Second Third
2004Netherlands Mirjam MelchersNetherlands Leontien Van MoorselNetherlands Arenda Grimberg
2005Norway Anita Valen De VriesGermany Trixi WorrackNetherlands Arenda Grimberg
2006Germany Theresa SenffNetherlands Marianne VosNetherlands Suzanne de Goede
2007Netherlands Marianne VosSweden Susanne LjungskogAustria Andrea Graus
2008Germany Larissa KleinmannNetherlands Elisabeth BraamNetherlands Vera Koedooder
2009Netherlands Marianne VosNetherlands Petra DijkmanSweden Emma Johansson
2010Belgium Grace VerbekeNetherlands Chantal BlaakNetherlands Iris Slappendel
2011Netherlands Marianne VosNetherlands Marieke van WanroijBelgium Jessie Daams
2012Netherlands Annemiek van VleutenNetherlands Marianne VosUnited Kingdom Sharon Laws
2013South Africa Ashleigh MoolmanNetherlands Annemiek van VleutenUnited Kingdom Lizzie Armitstead
2014Sweden Emma JohanssonNetherlands Ellen van DijkNetherlands Amy Pieters
2015United Kingdom Lizzie ArmitsteadSweden Emma JohanssonPoland Katarzyna Niewiadoma
2016United Kingdom Lizzie ArmitsteadNetherlands Annemiek van VleutenSouth Africa Ashleigh Moolman

References

  1. ↑ "Results 2016". ProCyclingStats.com. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
  2. ↑ "Parkhotel Valkenburg Hills Classic". CQ ranking.com. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
  3. ↑ "Gulpen Hills Classic". Gulpen-Wittem.nl. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
  4. ↑ "Holland Hills Classic verhuist naar Valkenburg". L1.nl. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
  5. ↑ "Emma Johansson wins Boels Rental Hills Classic 2014". Cyclingfever.com. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
  6. ↑ (in Dutch) "Boels trekt stekker uit Hills Classic". 1Limburg.nl. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
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