Delta Profronde

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Delta Profronde
Race details
DateMid June
Region Zeeland, Netherlands
Local name(s)Delta Profronde (in Dutch)
Discipline Road
Competition UCI Europe Tour
TypeOne-day race
History
First edition1959 (1959)
Editions47 (as of 2007)
First winnerFlag of the Netherlands.svg Miel Verstraete (NED)
Most recentFlag of France.svg Denis Flahaut (FRA)

Delta Profronde was a single-day road bicycle race held annually in June in Zeeland, Netherlands. In 2005, the race was organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. It was previously known as Ronde van Midden-Zeeland and it was an amateur race between 1959 and 1973. In 2008, the organizers of the Delta Profronde and of the OZ Wielerweekend operated a fusion to create the stage race Delta Tour Zeeland. [1]

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Winners

YearCountryRiderTeam
1959Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Miel Verstraete
1960Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Cees van Amsterdam
1961Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Bart Solaro
1962Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Cees Snepvangers
1963Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Leo van Dongen
1965Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Dies Kosten
1966Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Rini Wagtmans
1967Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Leen de Groot
1968Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Joop Zoetemelk
1969Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Henk Benjamin
1970Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Cees Priem
1971Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Marcel Pennings
1972Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Roy Schuiten
1973Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Peer Maas
1974Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Tino Tabak
1975Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Gerard Vianen
1976Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Fedor den Hertog
1977Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Freddy Maertens
1978Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Gerrie Knetemann
1979Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Bert Oosterbosch
1980Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Gerrie Knetemann
1981Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Eddy Planckaert
1982Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Henk Lubberding
1983Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Jan Raas
1984Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Luc Colijn
1985Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Ferdinand Van den Haute
1986Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Gerrit Solleveld
1987Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Jean-Paul Van Poppel
1988Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Peter Pieters
1989Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Jelle Nijdam
1990Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Gerrit Solleveld
1991Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Wiebren Veenstra
1992Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Johan Capiot
1993Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Jo Planckaert
1994Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Maarten Den Bakker
1995Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Jeroen Blijlevens
1996Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Jelle Nijdam
1997No race
1998Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Erik Zabel
1999Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Servais Knaven
2000Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Leon van Bon
2001Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Niko Eeckhout
2002Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Robbie McEwen
2003Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Stefan Van Dijck
2004Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Niko Eeckhout
2005Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Bram De Groot
2006Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Steven De Jongh
2007Flag of France.svg  France Denis Flahaut

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