Tour of the Netherlands

Tour of the Netherlands
Race details
Date	August
Region	Netherlands
Local name(s)	Ronde van Nederland
Discipline	Road
Type	Stage race
History
First edition	1948
Editions	44
Final edition	2004
First winner	Emile Rogiers (BEL)
Most wins	Gerrie Knetemann (NED) (4)
Final winner	Erik Dekker (NED)

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

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	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

External links

History

References

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

[1] "Ronde van Nederland". FirstCycling.com. 2023.

[2] "1948»1st Ronde van Nederland". ProcyclingStats. 2022.

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