Tour de Luxembourg

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Tour de Luxembourg

Race details
Date	Late-May
Region	Luxembourg
English name	Tour of Luxembourg
Discipline	Road
Competition	UCI Europe Tour
Type	Stage-race
History
First edition	1935
Editions	67 (as of 2007)
First winner	Mett Clemens
Most recent	Grégory Rast

Tour de Luxembourg is an annual stage race in professional road bicycle racing held in Luxembourg. The Tour de Luxembourg is classified as a 2.HC, the highest rating below the ProTour, by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), the sport's governing body. In 2006, the Tour is part of the UCI Europe Tour. Held in late May to early June, the event is usually often used by ProTour riders as a preparation race for the Tour de France.

[edit] Winners

Rider Team 1935 Mett Clemens 1936 Mett Clemens 1937 Mett Clemens 1938 Lucien Vlaeminck 1939 Mett Clemens 1940- 1945 No race 1946 Brik Schotte 1947 Mett Clemens 1948 Jean Goldschmit 1949 Bim Diederich 1950 Isidore De Ryck 1951 Marcel Ernzer 1952 Jeng Kirchen 1953 Robert Vanderstockt 1954 Jempy Schmitz 1955 Louison Bobet 1956 Charly Gaul 1957 Gérard Saint 1958 Jempy Schmitz 1959 Charly Gaul 1960 Marcel Ernzer 1961 Charly Gaul 1962 Jeff Plankaert 1963 Yvon Molenaers 1964 Arie Den Hartog 1965 Vincent Denson 1966 Edy Schütz 1967 Frans Brands 1968 Edy Schütz 1969 Davide Boifava 1970 Edy Schütz 1971 André Dierickx 1972 Roger Rosiers 1973 Sylvain Vasseur

Rider Team 1974 Freddy Maertens 1975 Frans Verbeeck 1976 Frans Verbeeck 1977 Bert Pronk 1978 Ludo Peeters 1979 Lucien Didier 1980 Bert Oosterbosch 1981 Youri Barinov 1982 Bernard Hinault 1983 Lucien Didier 1984 Christophe Lavainne 1985 Jelle Nijdam 1986 Steven Rooks 1987 Sören Lilholt 1988 Richard Trinkler 1989 Michel Cornelisse 1990 Christophe Lavainne 1991 Gert-Jan Theunisse 1992 Jean-Philippe Dojwa 1993 Maximilian Sciandri 1994 Frans Maassen 1995 Rolf Järmann 1996 Alberto Elli 1997 Frank Vandenbroucke Mapei 1998 Lance Armstrong US Postal 1999 Marc Wauters Rabobank 2000 Alberto Elli Team Telekom 2001 Jorgen Bo Petersen Team Fakta 2002 Marcus Ljungqvist Team Fakta 2003 Thomas Voeckler Brioches La Boulangère 2004 Maxime Monfort Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 2005 Laszlo Bodrogi Crédit Agricole 2006 Christian Vande Velde Team CSC 2007 Grégory Rast Team Astana 2008 Joost Posthuma Rabobank

[edit] External links

• Official website