Tour de Wallonie

Tour de Wallonie
Race details
Date Late July - Early August
Region Wallonia, Belgium
English name Tour of Wallonia
Local name(s) Tour de Wallonie (in French)
Discipline Road
Competition UCI Europe Tour
Type Stage-race
History
First edition 1974 (1974)
Editions 45 (as of 2018)
First winner  Luc Demets (BEL)[1]
Most wins  Mario Kummer (DDR)
 Greg Van Avermaet (BEL)
(2 wins)
Most recent  Tim Wellens (BEL)

The Tour de Wallonie is a stage race cycling race on the UCI Europe Tour. It runs in Wallonia, the French-speaking part of Belgium in the end of July. Between 1974 and 1995 it was reserved to amateurs. Since 2005, the race has been organized as a 2.HC event on the UCI Europe Tour.[2]

Winners

Rider Team
1974 Belgium Luc Demets (BEL)
1975 Belgium Jean-Luc Vandenbroucke (BEL)
1976 Belgium Pierre Leurquin (BEL)
1977 Belgium Alfons De Wolf (BEL)
1978 Netherlands Jo Maas (NED)
1979 Belgium Ronny Van Holen (BEL)
1980 Belgium Gerrit Van Gestel (BEL)
1981 Belgium Nico Edmonds (BEL)
1982 Belgium Eric Vanderaerden (BEL)
1983 Poland Tadeusz Krawczyk (POL)
1984 East Germany Mario Kummer (DDR)
1985 East Germany Uwe Ampler (DDR)
1986 Italy Maurizio Fondriest (ITA)
1987 East Germany Mario Kummer (DDR)
1988 Netherlands Joost Van Adrichem (NED)
1989 Belgium Johan Verstrepen (BEL)
1990 France Pascal Chanteur (FRA)
1991 Spain Abraham Olano (ESP)
1992 Germany Lars Teutenberg (GER)
1993 Italy Mauro Bettin (ITA)
1994 Finland Joona Laukka (FIN)
1995 Italy Paolo Valoti (ITA)
1996 Germany Thomas Fleischer (GER) Lotto
1997 Belgium Thierry Marichal (BEL) Cédico
1998 Belgium Frank Vandenbroucke (BEL) Mapei–Bricobi
1999 Denmark Mikael Kyneb (DEN) home–Jack & Jones
2000 Belgium Axel Merckx (BEL) Mapei–Quick-Step
2001 Belgium Glenn D'Hollander (BEL) Lotto–Adecco
2002 Italy Paolo Bettini (ITA) Mapei–Quick-Step
2003 New Zealand Julian Dean (NZL) CSC–Tiscali
2004 Netherlands Gerben Löwik (NED) Chocolade Jacques-Wincor Nixdorf
2005 Italy Luca Celli (ITA) Barloworld
2006 Italy Fabrizio Guidi (ITA) Phonak
2007 Slovenia Borut Božič (SLO) Team LPR
2008 Russia Sergei Ivanov (RUS) Astana
2009 France Julien El Fares (FRA) Cofidis
2010 United Kingdom Russell Downing (GBR) Team Sky
2011 Belgium Greg Van Avermaet (BEL) BMC Racing Team
2012 Italy Giacomo Nizzolo (ITA) RadioShack–Nissan
2013 Belgium Greg Van Avermaet (BEL) BMC Racing Team
2014 Belgium Gianni Meersman (BEL) Omega Pharma–Quick-Step
2015 Netherlands Niki Terpstra (NED) Etixx–Quick-Step
2016 Belgium Dries Devenyns (BEL) IAM Cycling
2017 Belgium Dylan Teuns (BEL) BMC Racing Team
2018 Belgium Tim Wellens (BEL) Lotto–Soudal

References

  1. ↑ "Tour de Wallonie past winners". cyclingnews.com. 22 March 2016. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
  2. ↑ "Tour de Wallonie 2014: Race History". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2014-07-28.
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