Tour of the Netherlands

The Tour of the Netherlands (Dutch: Ronde van Nederland) was a road bicycle racing stage-race in the Netherlands, founded in 1948.

Tour of the Netherlands
Race details
DateAugust
RegionNetherlands
Local name(s)Ronde van Nederland
DisciplineRoad
TypeStage race
History
First edition1948 (1948)
Editions44
Final edition2004
First winner Emile Rogiers (BEL)
Most wins Gerrie Knetemann (NED) (4)
Final winner Erik Dekker (NED)

It was an annual race since 1975.[1] Because of the start of the UCI ProTour in 2005, it was replaced by the Eneco Tour.

The first edition started on April 24, from Dam Square, Amsterdam. The riders finished on May 1, nine days later, in the Olympisch Stadion.[2]

The competition's roll of honor includes the successes of Rik Van Looy, Jan Janssen, Joop Zoetemelk and Laurent Fignon. The record of victories belongs to Gerrie Knetemann.

Winners

Rik Van Looy on the Zandvoort circuit after winning the 3rd stage of the 1956 Tour of the Netherlands
Year Winner Second Third
1948 Belgium Emile Rogiers Luxembourg Jean Goldschmit Netherlands Arie Vooren
1949 Netherlands Gerrit Schulte Belgium Désiré Keteleer Netherlands Bouk Schelligerhoudt
1950 Netherlands Henk Lakeman Belgium Jules Depoorter Belgium Norbert Callens
1951 Belgium Jean Bogaerts Belgium Joseph Van Stayen Belgium Jos De Feyter
1952 Netherlands Wim van Est Netherlands Wout Wagtmans Netherlands Gerrit Voorting
1953 No race
1954 Netherlands Wim van Est Netherlands Gerrit Schulte Netherlands Gerrit Voorting
1955 Netherlands Piet Haan Netherlands Wim van Est Netherlands Hein van Breenen
1956 Belgium Rik Van Looy Italy Guido Carlesi Netherlands Wim van Est
1957 Belgium Rik Van Looy Netherlands Wim van Est Netherlands Piet van den Brekel
1958 Netherlands Piet van Est Netherlands Peter Post Netherlands Léo van den Brand
1959 No race
1960 Netherlands Peter Post Belgium Roger Baens Netherlands Coen Niesten
1961 Netherlands Dick Enthoven Netherlands Huub Zilverberg Netherlands Joop Captein
1962 No race
1963 Netherlands Lex van Kreuningen Netherlands Lambert van de Ven Belgium Théo Nijs
1964 No race
1965 Netherlands Jan Janssen Netherlands Bastian Aliepaard Belgium Jos Huysmans
1966-1974 No races
1975 Netherlands Joop Zoetemelk Belgium Frans Verbeeck Netherlands Gerard Vianen
1976 Netherlands Gerrie Knetemann Belgium Ludo Peeters Netherlands Gerard Vianen
1977 Netherlands Bert Pronk Republic of Ireland Sean Kelly Belgium Rudy Pevenage
1978 Netherlands Johan van der Velde Belgium Etienne Van der Helst Belgium Rudy Pevenage
1979 Netherlands Jan Raas Netherlands Gerrie Knetemann Belgium Daniel Willems
1980 Netherlands Gerrie Knetemann Belgium Ludo Delcroix Belgium Géry Verlinden
1981 Netherlands Gerrie Knetemann Netherlands Hennie Kuiper Belgium René Martens
1982 Netherlands Bert Oosterbosch Netherlands Jan Raas Netherlands Gerrie Knetemann
1983 Netherlands Adri van Houwelingen Netherlands Johnny Broers Belgium Herman Frison
1984 Netherlands Johan Lammerts Netherlands Jos Lammertink Netherlands Gert-Jan Theunisse
1985 Belgium Eric Vanderaerden Netherlands Theo De Rooy Netherlands Adri van Houwelingen
1986 Netherlands Gerrie Knetemann Netherlands Gerrit Solleveld Netherlands Peter Pieters
1987 Netherlands Teun van Vliet Belgium Marc Sergeant Netherlands Adrie van der Poel
1988 France Thierry Marie Netherlands Erik Breukink Netherlands Peter Stevenhaagen
1989 France Laurent Fignon France Thierry Marie Netherlands Eddy Schurer
1990 Netherlands Jelle Nijdam Netherlands Erik Breukink France Thierry Marie
1991 Netherlands Frans Maassen Germany Olaf Ludwig Netherlands Eddy Schurer
1992 Netherlands Jelle Nijdam France Thierry Marie France Laurent Bezault
1993 Netherlands Erik Breukink Netherlands Jelle Nijdam Germany Olaf Ludwig
1994 Denmark Jesper Skibby Uzbekistan Djamolidine Abdoujaparov Italy Dario Bottaro
1995 Netherlands Jelle Nijdam Russia Vjačeslav Ekimov Italy Flavio Vanzella
1996 Denmark Rolf Sørensen United States Lance Armstrong Russia Vjačeslav Ekimov
1997 Netherlands Erik Dekker Denmark Peter Meinert Nielsen Russia Vjačeslav Ekimov
1998 Denmark Rolf Sørensen Russia Vjačeslav Ekimov Belgium Peter Van Petegem
1999 Ukraine Serhiy Honchar Netherlands Erik Dekker United States Dylan Casey
2000 Netherlands Erik Dekker South Africa Robbie Hunter Netherlands Servais Knaven
2001 Netherlands Léon van Bon Netherlands Erik Dekker Ukraine Serhiy Honchar
2002 Luxembourg Kim Kirchen Netherlands Erik Dekker Colombia Víctor Hugo Peña
2003 Russia Vjačeslav Ekimov Australia Bradley McGee Ukraine Serhiy Honchar
2004 Netherlands Erik Dekker Russia Vjačeslav Ekimov Belgium Marc Wauters

References

  1. "Ronde van Nederland". FirstCycling.com. 2023.
  2. "1948»1st Ronde van Nederland". ProcyclingStats. 2022.
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