Rotterdam Tour

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Rotterdam Tour
Race details
Region Rotterdam, Netherlands
Discipline Road
Competition UCI Women's Road World Cup
TypeOne-day race
History
First edition1998 (1998)
Editions9
Final edition2006
First winnerFlag of Lithuania.svg  Diana Žiliūtė  (LTU)
Most winsFlag of Germany.svg  Petra Rossner  (GER)(3 wins)
Final winnerFlag of Germany.svg  Ina-Yoko Teutenberg  (GER)

The Rotterdam Tour, in its first two editions called the Tour Beneden-Maas, was an elite women's professional one-day road bicycle race held between 1998 and 2006 in Rotterdam, Netherlands as part of the UCI Women's Road Cycling World Cup. For commercial reasons the race was also known as Lowland International Rotterdam Tour. [1] [2]

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Past winners

YearCountryRiderTeam
1998Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania Diana Žiliūtė
1999Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Petra Rossner
2000Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Chantal Beltman
2001Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Judith Arndt
2002Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Petra Rossner
2003Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Chantal Beltman
2004Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Petra Rossner
2005Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Ina-Yoko Teutenberg
2006 Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Ina-Yoko Teutenberg T-Mobile Professional Cycling

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References

  1. "Rotterdam Tour (Hol)". memoire-du-cyclisme.eu. Retrieved 30 May 2013.
  2. "Rotterdam Tour (F)". cyclingarchives.com. Retrieved 30 May 2013.