Belgium tour
The Tour of Belgium (. French Tour de Belgique ., NDL Ronde van Nederland ) is in Belgium hosted a wheel - stage race . It is held today under the name Baloise Belgium Tour .
history
The Tour of Belgium has been held annually since 1908 with a few interruptions. The race did not take place during the world wars. In the period between 1982 and 2001, the Tour of Belgium was only operated irregularly due to its decreasing popularity. It has been taking place again without interruption since 2002. When the ProTour was introduced in 2005 , the stage race was included in the UCI Europe Tour and classified in category 2.1.
Ratings
As with other tours, the Tour of Belgium has different ratings. The respective leader in a classification wears a jersey in a certain color. The individual ratings are sponsored by different companies. The respective sponsor is named on the jerseys.
Overall rating
The overall leader wears the red jersey in the individual ranking. The winner of the tour is whoever has the least travel time after the last stage.
Scoring
The driver with the most points from all stages is allowed to wear the blue jersey in the next stage. The rider who wears the jersey after the last stage has won the points classification for the entire tour.
Sprint scoring
The leader in the sprint ranking receives the black jersey.
Young talent evaluation
The best rider in the overall ranking who is no longer than 24 years old in the year of the event will receive the white jersey.
Team evaluation
The leading team can be recognized by their jerseys with yellow numbers.
winner
- 2019 Remco Evenepoel
- 2018 Jens Keukeleire
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2017 Jens Keukeleire
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2016 Dries Devenyns
- 2015 Greg Van Avermaet
- 2014 Tony Martin
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2013 Tony Martin
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2012 Tony Martin
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2011 Philippe Gilbert
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2010 Stijn Devolder
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2009 Lars Boom
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2008 Stijn Devolder
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2007 Vladimir Gusev
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2006 Maarten Tjallingii
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2005 Tom Boonen
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2004 Sylvain Chavanel
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2003 Michael Rogers
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2002 Bart Voskamp
- 1991–2001 not held
- 1990 Frans Maassen
- 1989 Sean Yates
- 1988 Frans Maassen
- 1986 Nico Emonds
- 1985 Ludo Peeters
- 1984 Eddy Planckaert
- 1982–1983 not held
- 1981 Ad Wijnands
- 1980 Gerrie Knetemann
- 1979 Daniel Willems
- 1978 André Dierickx
- 1977 Walter Planckaert
- 1976 Michel Pollentier
- 1975 Freddy Maertens
- 1974 Roger Swerts
- 1973 Leif Mortensen
- 1972 Roger Swerts
- 1971 Eddy Merckx
- 1970 Eddy Merckx
- 1969 Erik De Vlaeminck
- 1968 Wilfried David
- 1967 Carmine Preziosi
- 1966 Vittorio Adorni
- 1965 Jean Stablinski
- 1964 Benoni Beheyt
- 1963 Peter Post
- 1962 Noël Foré
- 1961 Rik Van Looy
- 1960 Alfons Sweeck
- 1959 Armand Desmet
- 1958 Noël Foré
- 1957 Pino Cerami
- 1956 André Vlayen
- 1955 Alex Close
- 1954 Henri Van Kerckhove
- 1953 Florent Rondele
- 1952 Henri Van Kerckhove
- 1951 Lucien Mathys
- 1950 Albert Dubuisson
- 1949 Ernest Sterckx
- 1948 Stan Ockers
- 1947 Maurice Van Herzele
- 1946 Albert Ramon
- 1945 Norbert Callens
- 1940–1944 not held
- 1939 Joseph Somers
- 1938 François Neuville
- 1937 Adolphe Braeckeveldt
- 1936 Emile Decroix
- 1935 Jef Moerenhout
- 1934 François Gardier
- 1933 Jean Aerts
- 1932 Léon Louyet
- 1931 Maurice De Waele
- 1930 Emile Joly
- 1929 Armand Van Brueane
- 1928 Jules Vanhevel
- 1927 Paul Matton
- 1926 Jean Debus scissors
- 1925 Denis Verschueren
- 1924 Félix Sellier
- 1923 Émile Masson senior
- 1922 René Vermandel
- 1921 René Vermandel
- 1920 Louis Mottiat
- 1919 Émile Masson senior
- 1915–1918 not held
- 1914 Louis Mottiat
- 1913 Dieudonné Gauthy
- 1912 Odiel Defraeye
- 1911 René Vandenberghe
- 1910 Jules Masselis
- 1909 Paul Duboc
- 1908 Lucien Petit-Breton
Web links
- Tour of Belgium in the Radsportseiten.net database
- Official website (French, Dutch)