Grand Prix Leende

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Grand Prix Leende
Race details
Region Leende, Netherlands
Local name(s)Grote Prijs Leende
DisciplineRoad time trial
CompetitionKNWU tijdritcompetitie
Typeone-day race
History
First edition2012 (2012)
Editions3 (as of 2014)
First winner Flag of the Netherlands.svg Loes Gunnewijk
Most recent Flag of Germany.svg Lisa Brennauer

Grand Prix Leende or GP Leende is an elite women's road bicycle race held annually since 2012 in Leende, Netherlands. [1] The time trial is together with the time trial at the Omloop van Borsele, part of the Dutch national time trial competition (Dutch: KNWU tijdritcompetitie).

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Past winners

YearFirstSecondThird
2012 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Loes Gunnewijk Flag of the Netherlands.svg Iris Slappendel Flag of the Netherlands.svg Mathilde Matthijsse
2013 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Ellen van Dijk Flag of the Netherlands.svg Loes Gunnewijk Flag of the Netherlands.svg Annemiek van Vleuten
2014 Flag of Germany.svg Lisa Brennauer Flag of the Netherlands.svg Ellen van Dijk Flag of the Netherlands.svg Vera Koedooder

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References

  1. "Grote Prijs Leende [KNWU Tijdritcompetitie]". CQ ranking.com. Retrieved 30 July 2014.