ZLM Toer,
Formerly Ster ZLM Toer (2.Pro), Netherlands

Winners, podium, distance, average speed

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The race:

The ZLM Tour is a Dutch stage race that ventures into Belgium. In 2009 it had five stages with the first leg being a 6.9 km individual time trial. It's had several name changes over the years. The race is generally run in the Limburg region of The Netherlands with some trips into the Belgian Ardennes.

From 1987 to 1989 it was the Rondom Schijndel and was for amateurs

1990 to 1997 it was the Teleflex Tour. In 1996 it was made a professional race.

1998 to 2000 the name was Ster der Beloften.

In 2001 it was given a new name, Ster Elektrotoer.

The Ster Elektrotoer is currently held in mid-June. It was a September race until 2004.

In 2017 the name was Ster ZLM Toer.

After the 2018 edition was cancelled, the race got a new organization and a new name: ZLM Tour

ZLM Tour Professional podium history:

Year	1st Place	2nd Place	3rd Place	Distance	Average Speed km/hr
1996	Tyler Hamilton 24hr 30min 57sec	Nate Reiss @ 13sec	Danny Nelissen @ 25sec	1022.1 km	41.691
1997	Eddy Bouwmans 24hr 32min 29sec	Bert Hiemstra @ 10sec	Wim Van De Meulenhof @ 38sec	1010.5 km	41.175
1998	Karsten Kroon 15hr 28min 48sec	Ralf Grabsch @ 3sec	Bjørnar Vestøl @ 9sec	639.9 km	41.337
1999	Ralf Grabsch 16hr 50min 57sec	Frank McCormack @ 6sec	Erwin Thijs @ 16sec	703.3 km	41.741
2000	Andy De Smet 18hr 15min 39sec	Bram Tankink @ 17sec	Andrei Kashechkin @ 35sec	718 km	39.319
2001	Xavier Jan 20hr 1min 30sec	Marcel Strauss @ 4sec	René Haselbacher @ 19sec	841.3 km	42.012
2002	Bart Voskamp 21hr 8min 16sec	Bram Schmitz @ 2sec	Michael Boogerd @ 3sec	894.9 km	42.337
2003	Gerben Löwik 18hr 1min 42sec	Niels Scheuneman @ 48sec	Rik Reinerink @ 1min 32sec	766.8 km	42.533
2004	Nick Nuyens 19hr 9min 33sec	Paul Van Hyfte @ 35sec	Philippe Gilbert @ 55sec	776.1 km	40.508
2005	Stefan Schumacher 15hr 15min 6sec	Nick Nuyens @ 1sec	Laurens Ten Dam @ 25sec	639.2 km	41.910
2006	Kurt-Asle Arvesen 14hr 38min 21sec	Jurgen Van De Walle @ 20sec	Paolo Bossoni @ 36sec	638.4 km	43.609
2007	Sebastian Langeveld 16hr 55min 22sec	Paul Martens @ 2sec	Kurt-Asle Arvesen @ 6sec	709.2 km	41.908
2008	Enrico Gasparotto 16hr 49min 14sec	Vasili Kiryienka @ 17sec	Nikolai Trusov @ 23sec	695.2 km	41.389
2009	Philippe Gilbert 17hr 23min 33sec	Niki Terpstra @ 2sec	Borut Bozic @ 9sec	728.9 km	41.908
2010	Adam Hansen 16hr 33min 43sec	Johan Coenen @ 15sec	Thomas De Gendt @ 16sec	698.8 km	42.193
2011	Philippe Gilbert 19hr 2min 16sec	Niki Terpstra @ 3sec	Ramunas Navardauskas @ 15sec	754.8 km	40.015
2012	Mark Cavendish 16hr 11min 55sec	Lars Boom @ 8sec	Jürgen Roelandts @ 14sec	668.1 km	41.244
2013	Lars Boom 17hr 23min 25sec	André Greipel @ 16sec	Mark Cavendish @ 25sec	733.5 km	41.179
2014	Philippe Gilbert 17hr 33min 17sec	Tim Wellens @ 12 seconds	Gianni Meersman @ 17 seconds	742.0 km	42.268

 

2015	André Greipel 17hr 39min 5sec	Yves Lampaert @ 16sec	Moreno Hofland @ s.t.	746.7 km	42.303
2016	Sep Vanmarcke 17hr 51min 37sec	Sean De Bie @ 6sec	Jos van Emden @ 16sec	775.5 km	43.420 km/hr
2017	José Goncalves 18hr 17min 59sec	Primoz Roglic @ 11sec	Laurens de Plus @ 13sec	768.5 km	41.995 km/hr
2018	Race not held
2019	Mike Teunissen 16hr 0min 47sec	Amund Jansen @ 14sec	Mads Wurtz @ 16sec	705.3 km	44.053 km/hr
2020- 2021	Race not held because of Covid-19 pandemic
2022	Olav Kooij 18hr 1min 39sec	Jakub Mareczko @ 28sec	Aaron Van Poucke @ 34sec	839 km	45.540 km/hr
2023	Olav Kooij 16hr 18min 37sec	Sam Welsford @ 13sec	Nils Eekhoff @ 15sec	745.9 km	45.732 km/hr
2024	Rune Herregodts 15hr 58min 50sec	Max Walker @ 20sec	Tom Bohli @ 23sec	744 km	46.557 km/hr

 

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