Profronde van Fryslan

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Profronde van Fryslan
Race details
DateLate June
RegionFriesland, Netherlands
English nameTour of Friesland
Local name(s)Profronde van Fryslan (in Dutch)
Discipline Road
Competition UCI Europe Tour
TypeOne-day race
History
First edition2004 (2004)
Editions7 (as of 2010)
Most recentFlag of Germany.svg Markus Eichler (GER)

Profronde van Fryslan is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in June in Friesland, Netherlands. Since 2007, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. Between 2004 and 2006 it was held as Noord-Nederland Tour, and in 2010 was known as the Batavus Pro Race.

Winners

YearCountryRiderTeam
2004Multiple winners
2005Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Stefan van Dijk MrBookmaker.com–SportsTech
2006Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Aart Vierhouten Skil–Shimano
2007Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Maarten den Bakker Skil–Shimano
2008Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Gert Steegmans Quick Step
2009Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Kenny van Hummel Skil–Shimano
2010Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Markus Eichler Team Milram

In 2004, due to the difficulty of the final 15 kilometres (9.3 mi), the organisers decided to award the leading group of 22 riders with an equal classification. The group consisted of: Tom Veelers, Arne Kornegoor, Rudie Kemna, Matthé Pronk, Eelke van der Wal, Allan Bo Andresen, Thorwald Veneberg, Roy Sentjens, Bobbie Traksel, Erik Dekker, Paul van Schalen, Arno Wallaard, Bert Hiemstra, Igor Abakoumov, Gerben Löwik, Rik Reinerink, Stefan Kupfernagel, Marvin van der Pluym, Dennis Haueisen, Nico Mattan, Niels Scheuneman and Preben Van Hecke.