Tour of the Netherlands

Tour of the Netherlands
Race details
Date August
Region Netherlands
Local name(s) Ronde van Nederland
Discipline Road
Type Stage race
History
First edition 1948 (1948)
Editions 44
Final edition 2004
First winner  Emile Rogiers (BEL)
Most wins  Gerrie Knetemann (NED) (4)
Final winner  Erik Dekker (NED)

The Tour of the Netherlands (Dutch: Ronde van Nederland) was a road bicycle racing stage-race in the Netherlands, founded in 1948. It's an annual race since 1975. Because of the start of the UCI ProTour in 2005, it was replaced by the Eneco Tour.

The first edition started on May 6, from Dam Square, Amsterdam. The riders finished on May 15, nine days later, in the Olympisch Stadion.

Winners

Rider Team
1948 Belgium Emile Rogiers (BEL)
1949 Netherlands Gerrit Schulte (NED)
1950 Netherlands Henk Lakeman (NED)
1951 Belgium Jean Bogaerts (BEL)
1952 Netherlands Wim van Est (NED)
1954 Netherlands Wim van Est (NED)
1955 Netherlands Piet Haan (NED)
1956 Belgium Rik Van Looy (BEL)
1957 Belgium Rik Van Looy (BEL)
1958 Netherlands Piet van Est (NED)
1960 Netherlands Peter Post (NED)
1961 Netherlands Dick Enthoven (cyclist) (NED)
1963 Netherlands Lex van Kreuningen (NED)
1965 Netherlands Jan Janssen (NED)
1975 Netherlands Joop Zoetemelk (NED) Gan–Mercier–Hutchinson
1976 Netherlands Gerrie Knetemann (NED) TI–Raleigh–Campagnolo
1977 Netherlands Bert Pronk (NED) TI–Raleigh
1978 Netherlands Johan van der Velde (NED) TI–Raleigh–McGregor
1979 Netherlands Jan Raas (NED) TI–Raleigh–McGregor
1980 Netherlands Gerrie Knetemann (NED) TI–Raleigh–Creda
1981 Netherlands Gerrie Knetemann (NED) TI–Raleigh–Creda
1982 Netherlands Bert Oosterbosch (NED) DAF Trucks–TeVe Blad
1983 Netherlands Adri van Houwelingen (NED) TI–Raleigh–Campagnolo
1984 Netherlands Johan Lammerts (NED) Panasonic–Raleigh
1985 Belgium Eric Vanderaerden (BEL) Panasonic–Raleigh
1986 Netherlands Gerrie Knetemann (NED) PDM–Concorde
1987 Netherlands Teun van Vliet (NED) Panasonic–Isostar
1988 France Thierry Marie (FRA) Système U–Gitane
1989 France Laurent Fignon (FRA) Super U–Raleigh–Fiat
1990 Netherlands Jelle Nijdam (NED) Buckler–Colnago–Decca
1991 Netherlands Frans Maassen (NED) Buckler–Colnago–Decca
1992 Netherlands Jelle Nijdam (NED) Buckler–Colnago–Decca
1993 Netherlands Erik Breukink (NED) ONCE
1994 Denmark Jesper Skibby (DEN) TVM–Bison Kit
1995 Netherlands Jelle Nijdam (NED) TVM–Polis Direct
1996 Denmark Rolf Sørensen (DEN) MG-Technogym
1997 Netherlands Erik Dekker (NED) Rabobank
1998 Denmark Rolf Sørensen (DEN) Rabobank
1999 Ukraine Serhiy Honchar (UKR) Vini Caldirola
2000 Netherlands Erik Dekker (NED) Rabobank
2001 Netherlands Léon van Bon (NED) Mercury
2002 Luxembourg Kim Kirchen (LUX) Fassa Bortolo
2003 Russia Viatcheslav Ekimov (RUS) U.S. Postal Service
2004 Netherlands Erik Dekker (NED) Rabobank
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.