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

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

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