Profronde van Almelo

Profronde van Almelo
Race details
Date August/September
Region Almelo, Netherlands
English name Prof tour of Almelo
Local name(s) Profronde van Almelo (Dutch)
Nickname(s) Nacht van Almelo (English: Night of Almelo)
Discipline Road race
Type criterium
History
First edition Men: 1983
Women: 2008
Editions Men: 31 (as of 2012)
Women: 4 (as of 2012)
First winner Men
 Gerard Veldscholten (NED)
Women
 Arenda Grimberg (NED)
Most wins Men
 Gerard Veldscholten (NED) (2 wins)
Women
 Arenda Grimberg (NED) (2 wins)
Most recent Men
 Maarten Tjallingii (NED)
Women
 Marianne Vos (NED)

Profronde van Almelo (English: Prof tour of Almelo) is an elite men's and women's professional road bicycle racing event held annually in Almelo, Netherlands. The first edition was in 1983 and since 2008 the event also includes a women's race. In 1987 and 1988 the race was a stage within the Ronde van Nederland, a UCI category 2.1 event.[1][2]

Honours

Men's

Year Winner Second Third
1983  Gerard Veldscholten (NED)
1984  Seán Kelly (IRL)
1985  Hennie Kuiper (NED)
1986  Jos Lammertink (NED)
1987  Marc Sergeant (BEL)
1988  Wim Arras (BEL)
1989  Laurent Fignon (FRA)
1990  Peter Pieters (NED)
1991  Gerard Veldscholten (NED)
1992  Vjatsjeslav Jekimov (RUS)
1993  Gerrit de Vries (NED)
1994  Erwin Nijboer (NED)
1995  Max van Heeswijk (NED)
1996  Erik Dekker (NED)
1997  Tom Steels (NED)
1998  Robbie McEwen (AUS)
1999  Maarten den Bakker (NED)
2000  Servais Knaven (NED)  Erik Zabel (GER)  Jeroen Blijlevens (NED)
2001  Ludo Dierckxsens (BEL)  Stuart O'Grady (AUS)  Rudi Kemna (NED)
2002  Johan Museeuw (BEL)  Erik Dekker (NED)  Marcel Luppes (NED)
2003  Rik Reinerink (NED)  Servais Knaven (NED)  Bradley McGee (AUS)
2004  Paolo Bettini (ITA)  Erik Dekker (NED)  Rik Reinerink (NED)
2005  Bram Tankink (NED)  Michael Rasmussen (DEN)  Rudie Kemna (NED)
2006  Joost Posthuma (NED)  Bram Tankink (NED)  Robbie McEwen (AUS)
2007  Thomas Dekker (NED)  Robert Hunter (RSA)  Danilo Di Luca (ITA)
2008  Gert Steegmans (BEL)  Fränk Schleck (LUX)  Joost Posthuma (NED)
2009  Mark Cavendish (GBR)  Alessandro Petacchi (ITA)  Tom Veelers (NED)
2010  Samuel Sanchez (ESP)  Lars Boom (NED)  Albert Timmer (NED)
2011  Rob Ruijgh (NED)  André Greipel (GER)  Samuel Sanchez (ESP)
2012  Maarten Tjallingii (NED)  Stijn Devolder (BEL)  Joost Posthuma (NED)

Source[1]

Women's

Year Winner Second Third
2008  Arenda Grimberg (NED)  Andrea Bosman (NED)  Catharina Mulders (NED)
2009  Chantal Beltman (NED)  Marianne Vos (NED)  Kirsten Wild (NED)
2010  Arenda Grimberg (NED)  Loes Gunnewijk (NED)  Marianne Vos (NED)
2012  Marianne Vos (NED)  Ellen van Dijk (NED)  Kimberley van den Berg (NED)

Source[2]

External links

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Profronde van Almelo". cyclingarchives.com. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Profronde van Almelo (F)". cyclingarchives.com. Retrieved 14 May 2013.