The Lotto Belgium Tour is an elite women's professional road bicycle stage race, held in Belgium since 2012.[1]
Race details | |
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Date | September |
Region | Belgium |
Local name(s) | Ronde van België |
Competition | UCI 2.1 Elite Woman |
Type | Stage Race |
Organiser | Vzw Belgium Ladies Cycling |
Race director | Patrick Dries |
Web site | www |
History | |
First edition | 2012 |
Editions | 10 (as of 2022) |
First winner | Ellen van Dijk (NED) |
Most wins | Ellen van Dijk (NED) Annemiek van Vleuten (NED) (2 wins) |
Most recent | Agnieszka Skalniak-Sójka (POL) |
In the first year the tour consisted of three stages and grew with a team time trial to four stages in 2013.
The organisation is Vzw Belgium Ladies Cycling.
Past winners
editYear | Country | Rider | Team | |
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2012 | Netherlands | Ellen van Dijk | Team Specialized–lululemon | |
2013 | Netherlands | Ellen van Dijk | Specialized–lululemon | |
2014 | Netherlands | Annemiek van Vleuten | Rabo–Liv | |
2015 | Sweden | Emma Johansson | Orica–AIS | |
2016[2] | Netherlands | Annemiek van Vleuten | Netherlands (national team) | |
2017 | Netherlands | Anouska Koster | WM3 Pro Cycling | |
2018 | Germany | Liane Lippert | Germany (national team) | |
2019[3] | Germany | Mieke Kröger | Germany (national team) | |
2020 | No race due to COVID-19 pandemic | |||
2021[4] | Belgium | Lotte Kopecky | Liv Racing | |
2022[1] | Poland | Agnieszka Skalniak-Sójka | Poland (national team) | |
2023 | No race due to lack of funding[5] |
References
edit- ^ a b "Lotto Belgium Tour". UCI. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
- ^ "Lotto Belgium Tour 2016: Stage 3 Results". cyclingnews.com. 9 September 2016. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
- ^ "Lotto Belgium Tour: Rivera wins final stage in Geraardsbergen". Retrieved 1 July 2022.
- ^ "Lotto Belgium Tour: Kopecky takes final stage and GC title". cyclingnews.com. 25 June 2021. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
- ^ "Lotto Belgium Tour cancelled a week before due to start". Cycling News. 6 June 2023. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
External links
edit- http://www.lotto-belgiumtour.be/
- Belgium Tour palmares at Cycling Archives (archived)