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

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)

The first edition started on May 6, from Dam Square, Amsterdam. The riders finished on May 15, nine days later, in the Olympisch Stadion.

Winners

Year Country Rider Team
1948  Belgium Emile Rogiers
1949  Netherlands Gerrit Schulte
1950  Netherlands Henk Lakeman
1951  Belgium Jean Bogaerts
1952  Netherlands Wim van Est
1954  Netherlands Wim van Est
1955  Netherlands Piet Haan
1956  Belgium Rik Van Looy
1957  Belgium Rik Van Looy
1958  Netherlands Piet van Est
1960  Netherlands Peter Post
1961  Netherlands Dick Enthoven (cyclist)
1963  Netherlands Lex van Kreuningen
1965  Netherlands Jan Janssen
1975  Netherlands Joop Zoetemelk Gan–Mercier–Hutchinson
1976  Netherlands Gerrie Knetemann TI–Raleigh–Campagnolo
1977  Netherlands Bert Pronk TI–Raleigh
1978  Netherlands Johan van der Velde TI–Raleigh–McGregor
1979  Netherlands Jan Raas TI–Raleigh–McGregor
1980  Netherlands Gerrie Knetemann TI–Raleigh–Creda
1981  Netherlands Gerrie Knetemann TI–Raleigh–Creda
1982  Netherlands Bert Oosterbosch DAF Trucks–TeVe Blad
1983  Netherlands Adri van Houwelingen TI–Raleigh–Campagnolo
1984  Netherlands Johan Lammerts Panasonic–Raleigh
1985  Belgium Eric Vanderaerden Panasonic–Raleigh
1986  Netherlands Gerrie Knetemann PDM–Concorde
1987  Netherlands Teun van Vliet Panasonic–Isostar
1988  France Thierry Marie Système U–Gitane
1989  France Laurent Fignon Super U–Raleigh–Fiat
1990  Netherlands Jelle Nijdam Buckler–Colnago–Decca
1991  Netherlands Frans Maassen Buckler–Colnago–Decca
1992  Netherlands Jelle Nijdam Buckler–Colnago–Decca
1993  Netherlands Erik Breukink ONCE
1994  Denmark Jesper Skibby TVM–Bison Kit
1995  Netherlands Jelle Nijdam TVM–Polis Direct
1996  Denmark Rolf Sørensen Rabobank
1997  Netherlands Erik Dekker Rabobank
1998  Denmark Rolf Sørensen Rabobank
1999  Ukraine Serhiy Honchar Vini Caldirola
2000  Netherlands Erik Dekker Rabobank
2001  Netherlands Léon van Bon Mercury
2002  Luxembourg Kim Kirchen Fassa Bortolo
2003  Russia Viatcheslav Ekimov U.S. Postal Service
2004  Netherlands Erik Dekker Rabobank
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