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]

ZLM Tour
Race details
DateJune
RegionNetherlands, Belgium
English nameZLM Tour
DisciplineRoad
CompetitionUCI ProSeries (since 2020)[1]
TypStage race
Web sitezlmtour.nl Edit this at Wikidata
History
First edition1987 (1987)
Editions35 (as of 2024)
First winner Theo Gevers (NED)
Most wins Philippe Gilbert (BEL) (3 wins)
Most recent Rune Herregodts (BEL)

Name of the race

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  • 1987–1989 : Rondom Schijndel
  • 1990–1997 : Teleflex Tour
  • 1998–2000 : Ster der Beloften
  • 2001–2010 : Ster Elekrotoer
  • 2011–2017 : Ster ZLM Toer - GP Jan van Heeswijk
  • 2019–present: ZLM Tour[5]

Winners

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Year Land Rider Team
1987   Niederlande Theo Gevers
1988   Niederlande Arno Ottevanger
1989   Niederlande Reem Kok
1990   Niederlande John Den Braber
1991   Niederlande Tristan Hoffman
1992   Niederlande Martin Van Steen
1993   Niederlande Servais Knaven
1994   Niederlande Jos Wolfkamp
1995   Niederlande Bennie Gosink
1996   Vereinigte Staaten Tyler Hamilton U.S. Postal Service
1997   Niederlande Eddy Bouwmans Foreldorado–Golff
1998   Niederlande Karsten Kroon Rabobank Beloften
1999   Deutschland Ralf Grabsch Team Cologne
2000   Belgien Andy De Smet Spar–OKI
2001   Frankreich Xavier Jan BigMat–Auber 93
2002   Niederlande Bart Voskamp BankGiroLoterij–Batavus
2003   Niederlande Gerben Löwik BankGiroLoterij–Batavus
2004   Belgien Nick Nuyens Quick-Step–Davitamon
2005   Deutschland Stefan Schumacher Shimano–Memory Corp
2006   Norwegen Kurt Asle Arvesen Team CSC
2007   Niederlande Sebastian Langeveld Rabobank
2008   Italien Enrico Gasparotto Barloworld
2009   Belgien Philippe Gilbert Silence–Lotto
2010   Australien Adam Hansen Team HTC–Columbia
2011   Belgien Philippe Gilbert Omega Pharma–Lotto
2012   Great Britain Mark Cavendish Team Sky
2013   Niederlande Lars Boom Blanco Pro Cycling
2014   Belgien Philippe Gilbert BMC Racing Team
2015   Deutschland André Greipel Lotto–Soudal
2016[6]   Belgien Sep Vanmarcke LottoNL–Jumbo
2017[7]   Portugal José Gonçalves Team Katusha–Alpecin
2018 No race due to several stage finish host locations cancelling their interest[8]
2019   Niederlande Mike Teunissen Team Jumbo–Visma
2020–
2021
No race due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands
2022   Niederlande Olav Kooij Team Jumbo–Visma
2023   Niederlande Olav Kooij Team Jumbo–Visma
2023   Belgien Rune Herregodts Intermarché–Circus–Wanty

Wins per country

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Wins Land
18   Niederlande
7   Belgien
3   Deutschland
1   Australien
  Frankreich
  Great Britain
  Italien
  Norwegen
  Portugal
  Vereinigte Staaten

References

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  1. ^ Ballinger, Alex (10 October 2019). "UCI releases full calendar for new ProSeries races". Cycling Weekly. TI Media. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
  2. ^ "ZLM Tour". FirstCycling.com. 5 October 2023.
  3. ^ "Ster Elektroer Tour (Hol)". www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net. Archived from the original on 2006-05-15.
  4. ^ "ZLM tour(1.Ncup)". ProcyclingStats. 6 October 2023.
  5. ^ "ZLM Tour (Hol) - Cat.2.1". Memoire-du-cyclisme.eu (in French). Retrieved 5 October 2023.
  6. ^ "Vanmarcke wins Ster ZLM Toer". cyclingnews.com. 19 June 2016. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
  7. ^ "Ster ZLM Toer GP Jan van Heeswijk 2017: Stage 5 Results". cyclingnews.com. 18 June 2017. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
  8. ^ "Ster ZLM Toer canceled". cyclingnews.com. 11 April 2018. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
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