Volta Limburg Classic

Volta Limburg Classic
Race details
DateEarly April
RegionLimburg, Netherlands
Local name(s)Hel van het Mergelland (in Dutch)
DisciplineRoad
CompetitionUCI Europe Tour
TypeOne-day race
Web sitewww.voltalimburgclassic.nl
Men's race
First edition1973 (1973)
Editions49 (as of 2024)
First winner Jan Spijker (NED)
Most wins Raymond Meijs (NED) (4 wins)
Most recent Timo Kielich (BEL)
Women's race
First edition2017 (2017)
Editions3 (as of 2019)
First winner Karol-Ann Canuel (CAN)
Most winsno repeat winners
Most recent Demi Vollering (NED) [1]

The Volta Limburg Classic is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in late March or early April in Limburg, Netherlands. Since 2005, the race has been organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. Prior to 2012, the race was known as Hel van het Mergelland.

Winners

Men's race

Source:[2]

Year Country Rider Team
1973  Netherlands Jan Spijker
1974  Netherlands Toine van de Bunder
1975  Netherlands Wil van Helvoirt
1976  Netherlands Mathieu Dohmen
1977  Netherlands Toine van de Bunder
1978  Netherlands Toine van de Bunder
1979  Netherlands Herman Snoeyink
1980  Netherlands Pim Bosch
1981  Netherlands René Koppert
1982  Netherlands Peter Hofland
1983  Netherlands Jan Peels
1984  Netherlands Chris Koppert
1985  Netherlands Stephan Räkers
1986  Netherlands Marc van Orsouw
1987  Netherlands Tom Cordes
1988  Netherlands Gerrit Möhlmann
1989  Netherlands Willem-Jan van Loenhout
1990  Netherlands Raymond Meijs
1991  Netherlands Rob Compas
1992  Netherlands Martin van Steen
1993  Belgium Erwin Thijs Collstrop–Assur Carpets
1994  Netherlands John van den Akker Collstrop-Willy Naessens
1995  Netherlands Max van Heeswijk Motorola
1996  Netherlands Lucien de Louw Foreldorado-Golff
1997  Netherlands Raymond Meijs Foreldorado-Golff
1998  Netherlands Raymond Meijs Gerolsteiner
1999  Netherlands Raymond Meijs Cologne
2000  Germany Bert Grabsch Cologne
2001 No race
2002  Australia Corey Sweet BankGiroLoterij–Batavus
2003  Belgium Wim van Huffel Vlaanderen T-Interim
2004  Denmark Allan Johansen BankGiroLoterij
2005  Belgium Nico Sijmens Landbouwkrediet–Colnago
2006  Ukraine Mikhaylo Khalilov Team LPR
2007  Belgium Nico Sijmens Landbouwkrediet–Tönissteiner
2008  Germany Tony Martin Team High Road
2009  Italy Mauro Finetto CSF Group–Navigare
2010  France Yann Huguet Skil–Shimano
2011  Netherlands Pim Ligthart Vacansoleil–DCM
2012  Russia Pavel Brutt Team Katusha
2013  Germany Rüdiger Selig Team Katusha
2014  Netherlands Moreno Hofland Belkin Pro Cycling
2015   Switzerland Stefan Küng BMC Racing Team
2016  Netherlands Floris Gerts BMC Racing Team
2017  Italy Marco Canola Nippo–Vini Fantini
2018  Slovenia Jan Tratnik CCC–Sprandi–Polkowice
2019   Switzerland Patrick Müller Vital Concept–B&B Hotels
2020–2021 No race due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2022  Belgium Arnaud de Lie Lotto–Soudal
2023  Australia Kaden Groves Alpecin–Deceuninck
2024  Belgium Timo Kielich Alpecin–Deceuninck

Women's race

Year Country Rider Team
2017  Canada Karol-Ann Canuel Boels–Dolmans
2018  Netherlands Belle de Gast Parkhotel Valkenburg
2019  Netherlands Demi Vollering Parkhotel Valkenburg
2022  Netherlands Amber Kraak Team Jumbo–Visma

References

  1. ^ (dutch) "Wedstrijd Uitslagen Dames". Official website. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
  2. ^ "Top 3 per edition". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 12 December 2019.

External links

  • Official website (in Dutch)


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