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
Web site	www.raborondeheerlen.nl
History
First edition	Men: 1990; Women: 2013
Editions	Men: 30 (as of 2019); Women: 7 (as of 2019)
First winner	Men; Peter Winnen (NED); Women; Liesbet De Vocht (BEL)
Most recent	Men; Mike Teunissen (NED); Women; Roxane Knetemann (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[]

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	Leon van Bon	Bradley McGee
2004	Marc Lotz	Robbie McEwen	Thor Hushovd
2005	Mickael Rasmussen	Oscar Pereiro Sio	Leon van Bon
2006	Oscar 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

Source^[2]

Men's Time Trial[]

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

Source^[1]

Women’s[]

Winner Coryn Rivera in 2018.

Year	Winner	Second	Third
2013	Liesbeth De Vocht	Anna van der Breggen	Pauliena Rooijakkers
2014	Ellen van Dijk	Iris Slappendel	Liesbeth 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

Source^[3]

References[]

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

External links[]

Official website (in Dutch)

[history-1] "Geschiedenis" (in Dutch). raborondeheerlen.nl. Retrieved 2 August 2014.

[men-2] "Heerlen (a) RaboRonde Heerlen; Profronde van Heerlen". cyclingarchives.com. Retrieved 2 August 2014.

[women-3] "Heerlen (F) RaboRonde Heerlen; Profronde van Heerlen". cyclingarchives.com. Retrieved 2 August 2014.

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