# Tour of the Netherlands

The Tour of the Netherlands (Dutch: Ronde van Nederland) was a road bicycle racing stage-race in the Netherlands, founded in 1948.
It was an annual race since 1975. Because of the start of the UCI ProTour in 2005, it was replaced by the Eneco Tour.
The first edition started on April 24, from Dam Square, Amsterdam. The riders finished on May 1, nine days later, in the Olympisch Stadion.
The competition's roll of honor includes the successes of Rik Van Looy, Jan Janssen, Joop Zoetemelk and Laurent Fignon. The record of victories belongs to Gerrie Knetemann.

## Winners

| Year | Winner | Second | Third |
| 1948 | Emile Rogiers | Jean Goldschmit | Arie Vooren |
| 1949 | Gerrit Schulte | Désiré Keteleer | Bouk Schelligerhoudt |
| 1950 | Henk Lakeman | Jules Depoorter | Norbert Callens |
| 1951 | Jean Bogaerts | Joseph Van Stayen | Jos De Feyter |
| 1952 | Wim van Est | Wout Wagtmans | Gerrit Voorting |
| 1953 | No race | No race | No race |
| 1954 | Wim van Est | Gerrit Schulte | Gerrit Voorting |
| 1955 | Piet Haan | Wim van Est | Hein van Breenen |
| 1956 | Rik Van Looy | Guido Carlesi | Wim van Est |
| 1957 | Rik Van Looy | Wim van Est | Piet van den Brekel |
| 1958 | Piet van Est | Peter Post | Léo van den Brand |
| 1959 | No race | No race | No race |
| 1960 | Peter Post | Roger Baens | Coen Niesten |
| 1961 | Dick Enthoven | Huub Zilverberg | Joop Captein |
| 1962 | No race | No race | No race |
| 1963 | Lex van Kreuningen | Lambert van de Ven | Théo Nijs |
| 1964 | No race | No race | No race |
| 1965 | Jan Janssen | Bastian Aliepaard | Jos Huysmans |
| 1966-1974 | No races | No races | No races |
| 1975 | Joop Zoetemelk | Frans Verbeeck | Gerard Vianen |
| 1976 | Gerrie Knetemann | Ludo Peeters | Gerard Vianen |
| 1977 | Bert Pronk | Sean Kelly | Rudy Pevenage |
| 1978 | Johan van der Velde | Etienne Van der Helst | Rudy Pevenage |
| 1979 | Jan Raas | Gerrie Knetemann | Daniel Willems |
| 1980 | Gerrie Knetemann | Ludo Delcroix | Géry Verlinden |
| 1981 | Gerrie Knetemann | Hennie Kuiper | René Martens |
| 1982 | Bert Oosterbosch | Jan Raas | Gerrie Knetemann |
| 1983 | Adri van Houwelingen | Johnny Broers | Herman Frison |
| 1984 | Johan Lammerts | Jos Lammertink | Gert-Jan Theunisse |
| 1985 | Eric Vanderaerden | Theo De Rooy | Adri van Houwelingen |
| 1986 | Gerrie Knetemann | Gerrit Solleveld | Peter Pieters |
| 1987 | Teun van Vliet | Marc Sergeant | Adrie van der Poel |
| 1988 | Thierry Marie | Erik Breukink | Peter Stevenhaagen |
| 1989 | Laurent Fignon | Thierry Marie | Eddy Schurer |
| 1990 | Jelle Nijdam | Erik Breukink | Thierry Marie |
| 1991 | Frans Maassen | Olaf Ludwig | Eddy Schurer |
| 1992 | Jelle Nijdam | Thierry Marie | Laurent Bezault |
| 1993 | Erik Breukink | Jelle Nijdam | Olaf Ludwig |
| 1994 | Jesper Skibby | Djamolidine Abdoujaparov | Dario Bottaro |
| 1995 | Jelle Nijdam | Vjačeslav Ekimov | Flavio Vanzella |
| 1996 | Rolf Sørensen | Lance Armstrong | Vjačeslav Ekimov |
| 1997 | Erik Dekker | Peter Meinert Nielsen | Vjačeslav Ekimov |
| 1998 | Rolf Sørensen | Vjačeslav Ekimov | Peter Van Petegem |
| 1999 | Serhiy Honchar | Erik Dekker | Dylan Casey |
| 2000 | Erik Dekker | Robbie Hunter | Servais Knaven |
| 2001 | Léon van Bon | Erik Dekker | Serhiy Honchar |
| 2002 | Kim Kirchen | Erik Dekker | Víctor Hugo Peña |
| 2003 | Vjačeslav Ekimov | Bradley McGee | Serhiy Honchar |
| 2004 | Erik Dekker | Vjačeslav Ekimov | Marc Wauters |