Tour de Luxembourg

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Tour de Luxembourg
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Race details
Date
  • Early June (until 2019)
  • September (since 2020)
RegionLuxembourg
English nameTour of Luxembourg
DisciplineRoad
Competition UCI ProSeries
TypeStage-race
Web site www.skodatour.lu
History
First edition1935 (1935)
Editions82 (as of 2022)
First winnerFlag of Luxembourg.svg  Mathias Clemens  (LUX)
Most winsFlag of Luxembourg.svg  Mathias Clemens  (LUX)(5 wins)
Most recentFlag of Denmark.svg  Mattias Skjelmose Jensen  (DEN)

The Tour de Luxembourg is an annual stage race in professional road bicycle racing held in Luxembourg. [1] The Tour de Luxembourg is classified as a 2.Pro race, the highest rating below the World Tour, by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), the sport's governing body. In 2006, the Tour became part of the UCI Europe Tour, and became part of the UCI ProSeries in 2020. [2] Primarily held in late May to early June, the event was sometimes used by riders as a preparation race for the Tour de France. [3]

Contents

In his 2021 autobiography Væddeløber, the 2014 winner Matti Breschel “revealed” that his overall victory was partly facilitated by on the final stage motivating riders of another team by the promise of a 1000 € each gain if succeeding in keeping contact with the breakaway [4]

Winners

YearCountryRiderTeam
1935Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg Mathias Clemens
1936Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg Mathias Clemens
1937Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg Mathias Clemens
1938Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Lucien Vlaemynck
1939Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg Mathias Clemens
1940No race due to World War II
1941Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg Christophe Didier
1942Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg François Neuens
1943Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg François Neuens
1944No race due to World War II
1945Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg Jean Goldschmit
1946Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Briek Schotte
1947Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg Mathias Clemens
1948Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg Jean Goldschmit
1949Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg Bim Diederich
1950Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Isidoor De Ryck
1951Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg Marcel Ernzer
1952Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg Jeng Kirchen
1953Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Robert Vanderstockt
1954Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg Jean-Pierre Schmitz
1955Flag of France.svg  France Louison Bobet
1956Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg Charly Gaul
1957Flag of France.svg  France Gérard Saint
1958Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg Jean-Pierre Schmitz
1959Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg Charly Gaul
1960Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg Marcel Ernzer
1961Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg Charly Gaul
1962Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Jef Planckaert
1963Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Yvo Molenaers
1964Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Arie den Hartog
1965Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Vin Denson
1966Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg Edy Schütz
1967Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Frans Brands
1968Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg Edy Schütz
1969Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Davide Boifava
1970Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg Edy Schütz
1971Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium André Dierickx
1972Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Roger Rosiers
1973Flag of France.svg  France Sylvain Vasseur
1974Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Freddy Maertens
1975Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Frans Verbeeck
1976Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Frans Verbeeck
1977Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Bert Pronk
1978Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Ludo Peeters
1979Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg Lucien Didier
1980Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Bert Oosterbosch
1981Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union Yuri Barinov
1982Flag of France.svg  France Bernard Hinault
1983Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg Lucien Didier
1984Flag of France.svg  France Christophe Lavainne
1985Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Jelle Nijdam
1986Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Steven Rooks
1987Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Søren Lilholt
1988Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland Richard Trinkler
1989Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Michel Cornelisse
1990Flag of France.svg  France Christophe Lavainne
1991Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Gert-Jan Theunisse
1992Flag of France.svg  France Jean-Philippe Dojwa
1993Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Max Sciandri
1994Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Frans Maassen
1995Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland Rolf Järmann
1996Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Alberto Elli
1997Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Frank Vandenbroucke
1998Flag of the United States.svg  United States Lance Armstrong U.S. Postal Service
1999Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Marc Wauters Rabobank
2000Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Alberto Elli Team Telekom
2001Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Jørgen Bo Petersen Team Fakta
2002Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Marcus Ljungqvist EDS–Fakta
2003Flag of France.svg  France Thomas Voeckler Brioches La Boulangère
2004Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Maxime Monfort Landbouwkrediet–Colnago
2005Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary László Bodrogi Crédit Agricole
2006Flag of the United States.svg  United States Christian Vande Velde Team CSC
2007Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland Grégory Rast Astana
2008Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Joost Posthuma Rabobank
2009 Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg Fränk Schleck Team Saxo Bank
2010Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Matteo Carrara Vacansoleil
2011 Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Linus Gerdemann Leopard Trek
2012 Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Jakob Fuglsang RadioShack–Nissan
2013Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Paul Martens Blanco Pro Cycling
2014Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Matti Breschel Tinkoff–Saxo
2015 Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Linus Gerdemann Cult Energy Pro Cycling
2016 Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Maurits Lammertink Roompot–Oranje Peloton
2017 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Greg Van Avermaet BMC Racing Team
2018 Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Andrea Pasqualon Wanty–Groupe Gobert
2019 Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Jesús Herrada Cofidis
2020 Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Diego Ulissi UAE Team Emirates
2021 [5] Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal João Almeida Deceuninck–Quick-Step
2022 Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Mattias Skjelmose Jensen Trek–Segafredo

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