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]
Race details | |
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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 |
History | |
First edition | Men: 1990 Women: 2013 |
Editions | Men: 30 (as of 2019) Women: 7 (as of 2019) |
First winner | Men Women |
Most recent | Men Women |
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
editMen's
editSource[2]
Men's Time Trial
editYear | Winner | Time |
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2017 | 2'22.41" | |
2018 | 2'22.90" | |
2019 |
Source[1]
Women's
editSource[3]
References
edit- ^ 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
edit- Official website (in Dutch)