Dutch National Road Race Championships
The Dutch National Road Race Championships take place annually, on the weekend prior to the start of the Tour de France. First held in 1888, today it is organized by the Top Sports Group, commissioned by the KNWU.
The Jersey for the Dutch Champion
Fabio Jakobsen, the current champion.
Pim Ligthart, male national champion in 2011
Men
Erik Breukink in the national champion's jersey at the 1993 Tour de France
Until 1927, the race was open for all categories, after 1927 only for professional cyclists with or without contract.
U23
Women
See also
- Dutch National Time Trial Championships
- National Road Cycling Championships
Footnotes
- The original winner, Evert Dolman, was disqualified after doping use.
- The original winner, Michael Boogerd, was stripped from all results between 2005 and 2007 due to his confession of doping.[5]
References
- No third place because only two riders finished, see Nieuwsblad van het Noorden, 26 September 1888
- The Dutch National Road Races of 1913 and 1914 were held in Belgium because road races were forbidden in the Netherlands.
- After, Jorinus van der Wiel, was demoted to the second place.
- Dropout memoire-du-cyclisme.eu
- "Boogerd given two-year suspension for doping". cyclingnews.com. 6 January 2016. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
External links
- Official website (in Dutch)
- national_Championships_netherlands_Road_Race_2014 2014 National Championships Netherlands - Road Race (NC) at procyclingstats
 | |
|---|---|
| Road cycling |
|
| Track cycling | |
Governing body: Royal Dutch Cycling Union | |
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.