The Tour of Limburg is a European single day cycle race held in the Belgian region of Limburg.[1] The race was first organised in 1919 and remained on the calendar until 1994, with the course typically in and around the city of Sint-Truiden.[2] After 1994 it was no longer organised until it was reinstated in 2012 as a 1.2 event on the UCI Europe Tour, with the host city now Tongeren. Since 2014, the race has been categorised as a 1.1 race.[3]
Race details | |
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Date | Mid May |
Region | Limburg, Belgium |
English name | Tour of Limburg |
Local name(s) | Ronde van Limburg (in Dutch) |
Discipline | Road |
Competition | UCI Europe Tour |
Type | One-day race |
Web site | www |
History | |
First edition | 1919 |
Editions | 76 (as of 2024) |
First winner | |
Most wins | 6 riders with 2 wins[a] |
Most recent |
Winners
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edit- ^ The two-time winners are Belgian riders Jozef Abelshausen, Ernest Sterckx, Guido Van Sweevelt, Eric Vanderaerden and Willy Vannitsen, along with Mathieu van der Poel from the Netherlands.
References
edit- ^ "Ronde van Limburg". FirstCycling.com. 5 October 2023.
- ^ "Ronde van Limburg (Bel) - Cat.1.1". Memoire-du-cyclisme.eu (in French). Retrieved 5 October 2023.
- ^ "Ronde van Limburg(1.1)". ProcyclingStats. 6 October 2023.
- ^ "Erelijst Ronde van Limburg" [Ronde van Limburg Winners list] (PDF). Ronde van Limburg (in Dutch). Flanders Classics. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
- ^ "Arnaud De Lie wins crash-marred Ronde van Limburg". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 6 June 2022. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
External links
edit- Official website
(in Dutch)