RaboRonde Heerlen

RaboRonde Heerlen
Race details
Date 1st Friday after Tour de France
Region Heerlen, Netherlands
English name Proftour of Heerlen
Discipline Road race
Type criterium
Organiser 1990-2009:
Stichting Profronde Heerlen
2010- :
Stichting Cyclocross Heerlen
History
First edition Men: 1990
Women: 2013
Editions Men: 25 (as of 2014)
Women: 2 (as of 2014)
First winner Men
 Peter Winnen (NED)
Women
 Liesbet De Vocht (BEL)
Most recent Men
 Tom Dumoulin (NED)
Women
 Ellen van Dijk (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.[1][2][3]

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.[1]

Honours

Men’s

Source[2]

Women’s

Source[3]

External links

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Geschiedenis" (in Dutch). raborondeheerlen.nl. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Heerlen (a) RaboRonde Heerlen; Profronde van Heerlen". cyclingarchives.com. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Heerlen (F) RaboRonde Heerlen; Profronde van Heerlen". cyclingarchives.com. Retrieved 2 August 2014.