Ronde van Drenthe
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Ronde van Drenthe (English: Tour of Drenthe) is an elite men's and women's professional road bicycle racing event held annually in the Drenthe, Netherlands and sanctioned by the Royal Dutch Cycling Union. Since 1998 there is also a women's event, known as Novilon Internationale Damesronde van Drenthe and since 2007 there is also a Ronde van Drenthe for women which was part of the UCI Women's Road World Cup until 2015. In 2016 the race became part of the new UCI Women's World Tour.
Since 2005, the men's event is UCI 1.1 rated and is part of the UCI Europe Tour.
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Men's past winners
| Race details | |
|---|---|
| Date | Early-March |
| Region | Drenthe, Netherlands |
| English name | Tour of Drenthe |
| Local name(s) | Ronde van Drenthe |
| Discipline | Road race |
| Competition | UCI Europe Tour |
| Type | Single day race |
| History | |
| First edition | 1960 |
| Editions | 54 (as of 2016) |
| First winner |  Jurrie Dokter (NED) |
| Most wins | Henk Mutsaars (NED) Ron Snijders (NED) Allard Engels (NED) Anthony Theus (NED) Rudie Kemna (NED) (2 wins) |
| Most recent | Jesper Asselman (NED) |
Women's past winners
Novilon Damesronde van Drenthe
In September 2015 it was announced that the race won't continue in 2016.[1] The name of the race had over the years different names
- 2004-2007: Novilon Internationale Damesronde van Drenthe
- 2008-2011: Novilon Eurocup Ronde van Drenthe
- 2012: Novilon Euregio Cup
- 2014–2015: Novilon EDR Cup
Drentse 8 van Dwingeloo / Acht van Westerveld
Ronde van Drenthe
The Ronde van Drenthe is held in a flat part of the Netherlands but the course does have one main difficulty - the 'VAM-berg'. The hill is a man-made berg, the result of a landfill, and the route up this 750m long ascent is narrow and kicks up to over 20% grade. The women hit the VAM-berg three times, and for extra fun will have sprint bonuses at the top. To make the flat route even more challenging, the course has several intermediate sprints and a few cobbled sectors.
References
External links
- Articles with hCards
- Official website not in Wikidata
- Articles with Dutch-language external links
- Cycle races in the Netherlands
- UCI Women's Road World Cup
- UCI Europe Tour races
- Recurring sporting events established in 1960
- 1960 establishments in the Netherlands
- Recurring sporting events established in 1998
- 1998 establishments in the Netherlands
- Ronde van Drenthe
- Women's road bicycle races
