The Lotto Belgium Tour is an elite women's professional road bicycle stage race, held in Belgium since 2012.[1]

Lotto Belgium Tour
Podium & jersey winners in 2019: Rivera, Cordon-Ragot, De Vuyst, Kröger, Lippert and Kopecky
Race details
DateSeptember
RegionBelgium
Local name(s)Ronde van België
CompetitionUCI 2.1 Elite Woman
TypeStage Race
OrganiserVzw Belgium Ladies Cycling
Race directorPatrick Dries
Web sitewww.lottobelgiumtour.be Edit this at Wikidata
History
First edition2012 (2012)
Editions10 (as of 2022)
First winner Ellen van Dijk (NED)
Most wins Ellen van Dijk (NED)
 Annemiek van Vleuten (NED)
(2 wins)
Most recent Agnieszka Skalniak-Sójka (POL)

In the first year the tour consisted of three stages and grew with a team time trial to four stages in 2013.

The organisation is Vzw Belgium Ladies Cycling.

Past winners

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Year Country Rider Team
2012   Netherlands Ellen van Dijk Team Specialized–lululemon
2013   Netherlands Ellen van Dijk Specialized–lululemon
2014   Netherlands Annemiek van Vleuten Rabo–Liv
2015   Sweden Emma Johansson Orica–AIS
2016[2]   Netherlands Annemiek van Vleuten Netherlands (national team)
2017   Netherlands Anouska Koster WM3 Pro Cycling
2018   Germany Liane Lippert Germany (national team)
2019[3]   Germany Mieke Kröger Germany (national team)
2020 No race due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021[4]   Belgium Lotte Kopecky Liv Racing
2022[1]   Poland Agnieszka Skalniak-Sójka Poland (national team)
2023 No race due to lack of funding[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Lotto Belgium Tour". UCI. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  2. ^ "Lotto Belgium Tour 2016: Stage 3 Results". cyclingnews.com. 9 September 2016. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  3. ^ "Lotto Belgium Tour: Rivera wins final stage in Geraardsbergen". Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  4. ^ "Lotto Belgium Tour: Kopecky takes final stage and GC title". cyclingnews.com. 25 June 2021. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  5. ^ "Lotto Belgium Tour cancelled a week before due to start". Cycling News. 6 June 2023. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
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