Ronde van het Groene Hart
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| Race details | |
|---|---|
| Date | Late March |
| Region | Groene Hart, Netherlands |
| English name | Tour of Groene Hart |
| Local name | Ronde van het Groene Hart (in Dutch) |
| Discipline | Road |
| Competition | UCI Europe Tour |
| Type | One-day race |
| History | |
| First edition | 2007 |
| Editions | 4 |
| Final edition | 2010 |
| First winner | .svg.png){kind=small} Wouter Weylandt (BEL) |
| Most wins | No repeat winner |
| Final winner |  Jens Mouris (NED) |
The Ronde van het Groene Hart was a road bicycle race held in Groene Hart, Netherlands. The first edition of the race, in 2007, was organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. The 203 km race started in Leiden and finished in Woerden, passing through Rotterdam, Amsterdam and Utrecht.[1] The last edition of the race was in 2010; no sponsors could be found for 2011 or 2012 and the race was cancelled permanently.[2]
Winners
| Year | Country | Rider | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Belgium |
Wouter Weylandt | Quick Step-Innergetic[3] |
| 2008 |  Lithuania |
Tomas Vaitkus | Astana[3] |
| 2009 | Belgium |
Geert Omloop | Palmans-Cras[3] |
| 2010 | Netherlands |
Jens Mouris[2] | Vacansoleil |
References
- ↑ "Wielerronde voor nationaal bewustzijn Groene Hart" (in Dutch). 28 February 2007.
- 1 2 "Toujours pas de Tour du 'Groene Hart'". Sport.be (in French). 5 December 2011. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016.
- 1 2 3 Haake, Bjorn (22 March 2009). "Omloop beats the big guns in Groene Hart". Cycling News.