Race details | |
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Date | June |
Region | Netherlands, Belgium |
English name | ZLM Tour |
Discipline | Road |
Competition | UCI ProSeries (since 2020) [1] |
Type | Stage race |
Web site | zlmtour |
History | |
First edition | 1987 |
Editions | 35 (as of 2024) |
First winner | Theo Gevers (NED) |
Most wins | Philippe Gilbert (BEL)(3 wins) |
Most recent | Rune Herregodts (BEL) |
The ZLM Tour is a cycling race held over five stages, held in the southern Netherlands and Belgium as a 2.Pro race on the UCI ProSeries. [2] The race started in 1987 as an amateur race, and became a race for professional cyclists in 1996. [3] [4]
Wins | Country |
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18 | Netherlands |
7 | Belgium |
3 | Germany |
1 | Australia France Great Britain Italy Norway Portugal United States |
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