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 Peter Winnen (NED) Women Liesbet De Vocht (BEL) |
Most recent | Men Mike Teunissen (NED) Women Roxane Knetemann (NED) |
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]
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]
Source [2]
Year | Winner | Time |
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2017 | Jos van Emden | 2'22.41" |
2018 | Jaap Kooijman | 2'22.90" |
2019 | Lars Boom |
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