Volta Limburg Classic

Dutch one-day road cycling race

Volta Limburg Classic

Race details
Date| Early April
Region| Limburg, Netherlands
Local name(s)| Hel van het Mergelland (in Dutch)
Discipline| Road
Competition| UCI Europe Tour
Type| One-day race
Web site| www.voltalimburgclassic.nl
Men's race
First edition| 1973 (1973)
Editions| 48 (as of 2023)
First winner|  Jan Spijker (NED)
Most wins|  Raymond Meijs (NED) (4 wins)
Most recent|  Kaden Groves (AUS)
Women's race
First edition| 2017 (2017)
Editions| 3 (as of 2019)
First winner|  Karol-Ann Canuel (CAN)
Most wins| no repeat winners
Most recent|  Demi Vollering (NED) [1]

The Volta Limburg Classic is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in late March or early April in Limburg, Netherlands. Since 2005, the race has been organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. Prior to 2012, the race was known as Hel van het Mergelland.

## Winners[edit]

### Men's race[edit]

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Year  | Country  | Rider  | Team

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1973  |  Netherlands | Jan Spijker |
1974  |  Netherlands | Toine van de Bunder |
1975  |  Netherlands | Wil van Helvoirt |
1976  |  Netherlands | Mathieu Dohmen |
1977  |  Netherlands | Toine van de Bunder |
1978  |  Netherlands | Toine van de Bunder |
1979  |  Netherlands | Herman Snoeyink |
1980  |  Netherlands | Pim Bosch |
1981  |  Netherlands | René Koppert |
1982  |  Netherlands | Peter Hofland |
1983  |  Netherlands | Jan Peels |
1984  |  Netherlands | Chris Koppert |
1985  |  Netherlands | Stephan Räkers |
1986  |  Netherlands | Marc van Orsouw |
1987  |  Netherlands | Tom Cordes |
1988  |  Netherlands | Gerrit Möhlmann |
1989  |  Netherlands | Willem-Jan van Loenhout |
1990  |  Netherlands | Raymond Meijs |
1991  |  Netherlands | Rob Compas |
1992  |  Netherlands | Martin van Steen |
1993 |  Belgium | Erwin Thijs | Collstrop–Assur Carpets
1994 |  Netherlands | John van den Akker | Collstrop-Willy Naessens
1995 |  Netherlands | Max van Heeswijk | Motorola
1996 |  Netherlands | Lucien de Louw | Foreldorado-Golff
1997 |  Netherlands | Raymond Meijs | Foreldorado-Golff
1998 |  Netherlands | Raymond Meijs | Gerolsteiner
1999 |  Netherlands | Raymond Meijs | Cologne
2000 |  Germany | Bert Grabsch | Cologne
2001  | No race
2002 |  Australia | Corey Sweet | BankGiroLoterij–Batavus
2003 |  Belgium | Wim van Huffel | Vlaanderen T-Interim
2004 |  Denmark | Allan Johansen | BankGiroLoterij
2005 |  Belgium | Nico Sijmens | Landbouwkrediet–Colnago
2006 |  Ukraine | Mikhaylo Khalilov | Team LPR
2007 |  Belgium | Nico Sijmens | Landbouwkrediet–Tönissteiner
2008 |  Germany | Tony Martin | Team High Road
2009 |  Italy | Mauro Finetto | CSF Group–Navigare
2010 |  France | Yann Huguet | Skil–Shimano
2011 |  Netherlands | Pim Ligthart | Vacansoleil–DCM
2012 |  Russia | Pavel Brutt | Team Katusha
2013 |  Germany | Rüdiger Selig | Team Katusha
2014 |  Netherlands | Moreno Hofland | Belkin Pro Cycling
2015 |  Switzerland | Stefan Küng | BMC Racing Team
2016 |  Netherlands | Floris Gerts | BMC Racing Team
2017 |  Italy | Marco Canola | Nippo–Vini Fantini
2018 |  Slovenia | Jan Tratnik | CCC–Sprandi–Polkowice
2019 |  Switzerland | Patrick Müller | Vital Concept–B&B Hotels
2020–2021  | No race due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2022 |  Belgium | Arnaud de Lie | Lotto–Soudal
2023 |  Australia | Kaden Groves | Alpecin–Deceuninck

### Women's race[edit]

Year  | Country  | Rider  | Team

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2017  |  Canada | Karol-Ann Canuel | Boels–Dolmans
2018  |  Netherlands | Belle de Gast | Parkhotel Valkenburg
2019  |  Netherlands | Demi Vollering | Parkhotel Valkenburg
2022  |  Netherlands | Amber Kraak | Team Jumbo–Visma

## References[edit]

1. ^ (dutch) "Wedstrijd Uitslagen Dames". Official website. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
2. ^ "Top 3 per edition". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 12 December 2019.

## External links[edit]

* Official website (in Dutch)

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