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 (1990)
Women: 2013 (2013)
Editions Men: 26 (as of 2015)
Women: 3 (as of 2015)
First winner Men
 Peter Winnen (NED)
Women
 Liesbet De Vocht (BEL)
Most recent Men
 Wout Poels (NED)
Women
 Chantal Blaak (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]

References

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