ZLM Tour (UCI ProSeries)

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The ZLM Tour is a cycling race held over five stages, held in the southern Netherlands and Belgium as a 2.Pro race on the UCI ProSeries.[2] The race started in 1987 as an amateur race, and became a race for professional cyclists in 1996.[3][4]

ZLM Tour
Race details
DateJune
RegionNetherlands, Belgium
English nameZLM Tour
DisciplineRoad
CompetitionUCI ProSeries (since 2020)[1]
TypeStage race
Web sitezlmtour.nl Edit this at Wikidata
History
First edition1987 (1987)
Editions35 (as of 2024)
First winner Theo Gevers (NED)
Most wins Philippe Gilbert (BEL) (3 wins)
Most recent Rune Herregodts (BEL)

Name of the race

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  • 1987–1989 : Rondom Schijndel
  • 1990–1997 : Teleflex Tour
  • 1998–2000 : Ster der Beloften
  • 2001–2010 : Ster Elekrotoer
  • 2011–2017 : Ster ZLM Toer - GP Jan van Heeswijk
  • 2019–present: ZLM Tour[5]

Winners

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Year Country Rider Team
1987   Netherlands Theo Gevers
1988   Netherlands Arno Ottevanger
1989   Netherlands Reem Kok
1990   Netherlands John Den Braber
1991   Netherlands Tristan Hoffman
1992   Netherlands Martin Van Steen
1993   Netherlands Servais Knaven
1994   Netherlands Jos Wolfkamp
1995   Netherlands Bennie Gosink
1996   United States Tyler Hamilton U.S. Postal Service
1997   Netherlands Eddy Bouwmans Foreldorado–Golff
1998   Netherlands Karsten Kroon Rabobank Beloften
1999   Germany Ralf Grabsch Team Cologne
2000   Belgium Andy De Smet Spar–OKI
2001   France Xavier Jan BigMat–Auber 93
2002   Netherlands Bart Voskamp BankGiroLoterij–Batavus
2003   Netherlands Gerben Löwik BankGiroLoterij–Batavus
2004   Belgium Nick Nuyens Quick-Step–Davitamon
2005   Germany Stefan Schumacher Shimano–Memory Corp
2006   Norway Kurt Asle Arvesen Team CSC
2007   Netherlands Sebastian Langeveld Rabobank
2008   Italy Enrico Gasparotto Barloworld
2009   Belgium Philippe Gilbert Silence–Lotto
2010   Australia Adam Hansen Team HTC–Columbia
2011   Belgium Philippe Gilbert Omega Pharma–Lotto
2012   Great Britain Mark Cavendish Team Sky
2013   Netherlands Lars Boom Blanco Pro Cycling
2014   Belgium Philippe Gilbert BMC Racing Team
2015   Germany André Greipel Lotto–Soudal
2016[6]   Belgium Sep Vanmarcke LottoNL–Jumbo
2017[7]   Portugal José Gonçalves Team Katusha–Alpecin
2018 No race due to several stage finish host locations cancelling their interest[8]
2019   Netherlands Mike Teunissen Team Jumbo–Visma
2020–
2021
No race due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands
2022   Netherlands Olav Kooij Team Jumbo–Visma
2023   Netherlands Olav Kooij Team Jumbo–Visma
2023   Belgium Rune Herregodts Intermarché–Circus–Wanty

Wins per country

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Wins Country
18   Netherlands
7   Belgium
3   Germany
1   Australia
  France
  Great Britain
  Italy
  Norway
  Portugal
  United States

References

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  1. ^ Ballinger, Alex (10 October 2019). "UCI releases full calendar for new ProSeries races". Cycling Weekly. TI Media. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
  2. ^ "ZLM Tour". FirstCycling.com. 5 October 2023.
  3. ^ "Ster Elektroer Tour (Hol)". www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net. Archived from the original on 2006-05-15.
  4. ^ "ZLM tour(1.Ncup)". ProcyclingStats. 6 October 2023.
  5. ^ "ZLM Tour (Hol) - Cat.2.1". Memoire-du-cyclisme.eu (in French). Retrieved 5 October 2023.
  6. ^ "Vanmarcke wins Ster ZLM Toer". cyclingnews.com. 19 June 2016. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
  7. ^ "Ster ZLM Toer GP Jan van Heeswijk 2017: Stage 5 Results". cyclingnews.com. 18 June 2017. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
  8. ^ "Ster ZLM Toer canceled". cyclingnews.com. 11 April 2018. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
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