RaboRonde Heerlen

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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]

RaboRonde Heerlen
Logo RaboRonde Heerlen
Race details
Date1st Friday after Tour de France
RegionHeerlen, Netherlands
English nameProftour of Heerlen
DisciplineRoad race
Typecriterium
Organiser1990–2009:
Stichting Profronde Heerlen
2010- :
Stichting Cyclocross Heerlen
Web sitewww.raborondeheerlen.nl Edit this at Wikidata
History
First editionMen: 1990 (1990)
Women: 2013 (2013)
EditionsMen: 30 (as of 2019)
Women: 7 (as of 2019)
First winnerMen
 Peter Winnen (NED)
Women
 Liesbet De Vocht (BEL)
Most recentMen
 Mike Teunissen (NED)
Women
 Roxane Knetemann (NED)

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

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Men's

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Year Winner Second Third
1990   Peter Winnen   Jelle Nijdam   Erik Breukink
1991   Frans Maassen   Henk Lubberding   Uwe Raab
1992   Ad Wijnands   Jelle Nijdam   Guido Bontempi
1993   Danny Nelissen   Gert Jakobs   Bo Hamburger
1994   Adri van der Poel   Djamolidine Abdoujaparov   Silvio Martinello
1995   Frans Maassen   Erik Zabel   Wiebren Veenstra
1996   Jeroen Blijlevens   John Talen   Max van Heeswijk
1997   Michael Boogerd   Jan Ullrich   Raymond Meijs
1998   Max van Heeswijk   Jens Heppner   Servais Knaven
1999   Lance Armstrong   Kurt van de Wouwer   Maarten den Bakker
2000   Erik Dekker   Servais Knaven   Geert Verheyen
2001   Jans Koerts   Laurent Jalabert   Marc Lotz
2002   Robbie McEwen   Michael Boogerd   Bram Schmitz
2003   Servais Knaven   Léon van Bon   Bradley McGee
2004   Marc Lotz   Robbie McEwen   Thor Hushovd
2005   Michael Rasmussen   Óscar Pereiro Sio   Léon van Bon
2006   Óscar Freire   Robbie McEwen   Joost Posthuma
2007   Thomas Dekker   Steven de Jongh   Bram de Groot
2008   Mark Cavendish   Gert Steegmans   Bram Tankink
2009   Alberto Contador   Alessandro Ballan   Laurens ten Dam
2010   Karsten Kroon   Maarten Tjallingii   Johnny Hoogerland
2011   Andy Schleck   Pierre Rolland   Wout Poels
2012   Rob Ruijgh   Tom Dumoulin   Bram Tankink
2013   Lars Boom   Tom Dumoulin   Koen de Kort
2014   Tom Dumoulin   Sebastian Langeveld   Niki Terpstra
2015   Simon Geschke   Wout Poels   Bram Tankink
2016   Wout Poels   Stef Clement   Dylan Groenewegen
2017   Ramon Sinkeldam   Jos van Emden   Marco Minnaard
2018   Tom Dumoulin   Wout Poels   Ramon Sinkeldam
2019   Mike Teunissen   Koen de Kort   Roy Curvers

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Men's Time Trial

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Year Winner Time
2017   Jos van Emden 2'22.41"
2018   Jaap Kooijman 2'22.90"
2019   Lars Boom

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Women's

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Winner Coryn Rivera in 2018.
Year Winner Second Third
2013   Liesbet De Vocht   Anna van der Breggen   Pauliena Rooijakkers
2014   Ellen van Dijk   Iris Slappendel   Liesbet De Vocht
2015   Chantal Blaak   Anna van der Breggen   Kyara Stijns
2016   Chantal Blaak   Anouk Rijff   Ilona Hoeksma
2017   Annemiek van Vleuten   Chantal Blaak   Pauliena Rooijakkers
2018   Coryn Rivera   Pauliena Rooijakkers   Leah Kirchmann
2019   Roxane Knetemann   Katie Hall   Franziska Koch

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References

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