Ronde van Nederland

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Ronde van Nederland

Race details
Date	August
Region	Netherlands
English name	Tour of the Netherlands
Discipline	Road
Type	Stage-race
History
First edition	1948
Editions	44
Final edition	2004
First winner	Emile Rogiers (BEL)

The Ronde van Nederland is 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 the tour was reinvigorated and renamed Eneco Tour of Benelux.

The first edition started on May 6, when the cyclists started in the heart of Amsterdam on the Dam. They finished nine days later, on May 15 in the Olympisch Stadion, which hosted the 1928 Summer Olympics.

[edit] Winners

1948 –  Emile Rogiers (BEL) 1949 –  Gerrit Schulte (NED) 1950 –  Henk Lakeman (NED) 1951 –  Jean Bogaerts (BEL) 1952 –  Wim van Est (NED) 1954 –  Wim van Est (NED) 1955 –  Piet Haan (NED) 1956 –  Rik Van Looy (BEL) 1957 –  Rik Van Looy (BEL) 1958 –  Piet van Est (NED) 1960 –  Peter Post (NED) 1961 –  Dick Enthoven (NED) 1963 –  Lex van Kreuningen (NED) 1965 –  Jan Janssen (NED) 1975 –  Joop Zoetemelk (NED) 1976 –  Gerrie Knetemann (NED) 1977 –  Bert Pronk (NED) 1978 –  Johan van der Velde (NED) 1979 –  Jan Raas (NED) 1980 –  Gerrie Knetemann (NED) 1981 –  Gerrie Knetemann (NED) 1982 –  Bert Oosterbosch (NED)

1983 –  Adri van Houwelingen (NED) 1984 –  Johan Lammerts (NED) 1985 –  Eric Vanderaerden (BEL) 1986 –  Gerrie Knetemann (NED) 1987 –  Teun van Vliet (NED) 1988 –  Thierry Marie (FRA) 1989 –  Laurent Fignon (FRA) 1990 –  Jelle Nijdam (NED) 1991 –  Frans Maassen (NED) 1992 –  Jelle Nijdam (NED) 1993 –  Erik Breukink (NED) 1994 –  Jesper Skibby (DEN) 1995 –  Jelle Nijdam (NED) 1996 –  Rolf Sørensen (DEN) 1997 –  Erik Dekker (NED) 1998 –  Rolf Sørensen (DEN) 1999 –  Serhiy Honchar (UKR) 2000 –  Erik Dekker (NED) 2001 –  Léon van Bon (NED) 2002 –  Kim Kirchen (LUX) 2003 –  Viatcheslav Ekimov (RUS) 2004 –  Erik Dekker (NED)

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• History

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1948 | 1949 | 1951 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | 1964 | 1965 | 1966-1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004