RaboRonde Heerlen

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RaboRonde Heerlen
Logo RaboRonde Heerlen
Race details
Date1st Friday after Tour de France
RegionHeerlen, Netherlands
English nameProftour of Heerlen
DisciplineRoad race
Typecriterium
Organiser1990–2009:
Stichting Profronde Heerlen
2010- :
Stichting Cyclocross Heerlen
Web sitewww.raborondeheerlen.nl Edit this at Wikidata
History
First editionMen: 1990 (1990)
Women: 2013 (2013)
EditionsMen: 30 (as of 2019)
Women: 7 (as of 2019)
First winnerMen
 Peter Winnen (NED)
Women
 Liesbet De Vocht (BEL)
Most recentMen
 Mike Teunissen (NED)
Women
 Roxane Knetemann (NED)

RaboRonde Heerlen or Profronde van Heerlen (English: Proftour Heerlen) is an elite men's and women's professional road bicycle racing event held annually in Heerlen, Netherlands. It's one of the largest post-Tour de France criteriums with about 50,000 spectators annually. The first edition was in 1990 and since 2013 the event also includes a women's race.

The race is organized by Stichting Cyclocross Heerlen on the first Friday after the Tour de France. Until 2009 the event was organized by Stichting Profronde Heerlen.

Honours

Men's

Year Winner Second Third
1990 Netherlands Peter Winnen Netherlands Jelle Nijdam Netherlands Erik Breukink
1991 Netherlands Frans Maassen Netherlands Henk Lubberding Germany Uwe Raab
1992 Netherlands Ad Wijnands Netherlands Jelle Nijdam Italy Guido Bontempi
1993 Netherlands Danny Nelissen Netherlands Gert Jakobs Denmark Bo Hamburger
1994 Netherlands Adri van der Poel Uzbekistan Djamolidine Abdoujaparov Italy Silvio Martinello
1995 Netherlands Frans Maassen Germany Erik Zabel Netherlands Wiebren Veenstra
1996 Netherlands Jeroen Blijlevens Netherlands John Talen Netherlands Max van Heeswijk
1997 Netherlands Michael Boogerd Germany Jan Ullrich Netherlands Raymond Meijs
1998 Netherlands Max van Heeswijk Germany Jens Heppner Netherlands Servais Knaven
1999 United States Lance Armstrong Belgium Kurt van de Wouwer Netherlands Maarten den Bakker
2000 Netherlands Erik Dekker Netherlands Servais Knaven Belgium Geert Verheyen
2001 Netherlands Jans Koerts France Laurent Jalabert Netherlands Marc Lotz
2002 Australia Robbie McEwen Netherlands Michael Boogerd Netherlands Bram Schmitz
2003 Netherlands Servais Knaven Netherlands Léon van Bon Australia Bradley McGee
2004 Netherlands Marc Lotz Australia Robbie McEwen Norway Thor Hushovd
2005 Denmark Michael Rasmussen Spain Óscar Pereiro Sio Netherlands Léon van Bon
2006 Spain Óscar Freire Australia Robbie McEwen Netherlands Joost Posthuma
2007 Netherlands Thomas Dekker Netherlands Steven de Jongh Netherlands Bram de Groot
2008 United Kingdom Mark Cavendish Belgium Gert Steegmans Netherlands Bram Tankink
2009 Spain Alberto Contador Italy Alessandro Ballan Netherlands Laurens ten Dam
2010 Netherlands Karsten Kroon Netherlands Maarten Tjallingii Netherlands Johnny Hoogerland
2011 Luxembourg Andy Schleck France Pierre Rolland Netherlands Wout Poels
2012 Netherlands Rob Ruijgh Netherlands Tom Dumoulin Netherlands Bram Tankink
2013 Netherlands Lars Boom Netherlands Tom Dumoulin Netherlands Koen de Kort
2014 Netherlands Tom Dumoulin Netherlands Sebastian Langeveld Netherlands Niki Terpstra
2015 Germany Simon Geschke Netherlands Wout Poels Netherlands Bram Tankink
2016 Netherlands Wout Poels Netherlands Stef Clement Netherlands Dylan Groenewegen
2017 Netherlands Ramon Sinkeldam Netherlands Jos van Emden Netherlands Marco Minnaard
2018 Netherlands Tom Dumoulin Netherlands Wout Poels Netherlands Ramon Sinkeldam
2019 Netherlands Mike Teunissen Netherlands Koen de Kort Netherlands Roy Curvers

Source

Men's Time Trial

Year Winner Time
2017 Netherlands Jos van Emden 2'22.41"
2018 Netherlands Jaap Kooijman 2'22.90"
2019 Netherlands Lars Boom

Source

Women's

Winner Coryn Rivera in 2018.
Year Winner Second Third
2013 Belgium Liesbet De Vocht Netherlands Anna van der Breggen Netherlands Pauliena Rooijakkers
2014 Netherlands Ellen van Dijk Netherlands Iris Slappendel Belgium Liesbet De Vocht
2015 Netherlands Chantal Blaak Netherlands Anna van der Breggen Netherlands Kyara Stijns
2016 Netherlands Chantal Blaak Netherlands Anouk Rijff Netherlands Ilona Hoeksma
2017 Netherlands Annemiek van Vleuten Netherlands Chantal Blaak Netherlands Pauliena Rooijakkers
2018 United States Coryn Rivera Netherlands Pauliena Rooijakkers Canada Leah Kirchmann
2019 Netherlands Roxane Knetemann United States Katie Hall Germany Franziska Koch

Source

References

  1. ^ a b c "Geschiedenis" (in Dutch). raborondeheerlen.nl. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  2. ^ a b "Heerlen (a) RaboRonde Heerlen; Profronde van Heerlen". cyclingarchives.com. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  3. ^ a b "Heerlen (F) RaboRonde Heerlen; Profronde van Heerlen". cyclingarchives.com. Retrieved 2 August 2014.

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