Volta Limburg Classic

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Volta Limburg Classic
Hel van het Mergelland logo.jpg
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 Edit this at Wikidata
Men's race
First edition1973 (1973)
Editions46 (as of 2019)
First winner  (NED)
Most wins Raymond Meijs (NED) (4 wins)
Most recent Patrick Müller (SUI) [1]
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) [2]

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 is 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:[3]

Year Country Rider Team
1973  Netherlands
1974  Netherlands
1975  Netherlands
1976  Netherlands
1977  Netherlands
1978  Netherlands
1979  Netherlands
1980  Netherlands
1981  Netherlands
1982  Netherlands
1983  Netherlands
1984  Netherlands
1985  Netherlands
1986  Netherlands Marc van Orsouw
1987  Netherlands Tom Cordes
1988  Netherlands Gerrit Möhlmann
1989  Netherlands
1990  Netherlands Raymond Meijs
1991  Netherlands Rob Compas
1992  Netherlands
 Belgium Erwin Thijs
 Netherlands John van den Akker
 Netherlands Max van Heeswijk Motorola
 Netherlands
1997  Netherlands Raymond Meijs
1998  Netherlands Raymond Meijs Gerolsteiner
1999  Netherlands Raymond Meijs Cologne
2000  Germany Bert Grabsch Cologne
2001 No race
2002  Australia BankGiroLoterij-Batavus
2003  Belgium Wim van Huffel
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

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

References[]

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

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