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ZLM Tour
Race details
Date	June
Region	Netherlands, Belgium
English name	ZLM Tour
Discipline	Road
Competition	UCI Europe Tour; UCI ProSeries (2020–2024);
Type	Stage race
Web site	zlmtour.nl
History
First edition	1987
Editions	36 (as of 2026)
First winner	Theo Gevers (NED)
Most wins	Philippe Gilbert (BEL) (3 wins)
Most recent	Mathias Vacek (CZE)

The ZLM Tour is a cycling race held over five stages, held in the southern Netherlands and Belgium as category 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. From 2020 to 2024, it was on the UCI ProSeries calendar.^[2] The race started in 1987 as an amateur race, and became a race for professional cyclists in 1996.^[3]^[4]

Name of the race

1987–1989 : Rondom Schijndel
1990–1997 : Teleflex Tour
1998–2000 : Ster der Beloften
2001–2010 : Ster Elekrotoer
2011–2017 : Ster ZLM Toer - GP Jan van Heeswijk
2019–present: ZLM Tour^[5]

Winners

Year	Country	Rider	Team
1987	Netherlands	Theo Gevers
1988	Netherlands	Arno Ottevanger
1989	Netherlands	Reem Kok
1990	Netherlands	John Den Braber
1991	Netherlands	Tristan Hoffman
1992	Netherlands	Martin Van Steen
1993	Netherlands	Servais Knaven
1994	Netherlands	Jos Wolfkamp
1995	Netherlands	Bennie Gosink
1996	United States	Tyler Hamilton	U.S. Postal Service
1997	Netherlands	Eddy Bouwmans	Foreldorado–Golff
1998	Netherlands	Karsten Kroon	Rabobank Beloften
1999	Germany	Ralf Grabsch	Team Cologne
2000	Belgium	Andy De Smet	Spar–OKI
2001	France	Xavier Jan	BigMat–Auber 93
2002	Netherlands	Bart Voskamp	BankGiroLoterij–Batavus
2003	Netherlands	Gerben Löwik	BankGiroLoterij–Batavus
2004	Belgium	Nick Nuyens	Quick-Step–Davitamon
2005	Germany	Stefan Schumacher	Shimano–Memory Corp
2006	Norway	Kurt Asle Arvesen	Team CSC
2007	Netherlands	Sebastian Langeveld	Rabobank
2008	Italy	Enrico Gasparotto	Barloworld
2009	Belgium	Philippe Gilbert	Silence–Lotto
2010	Australia	Adam Hansen	Team HTC–Columbia
2011	Belgium	Philippe Gilbert	Omega Pharma–Lotto
2012	Great Britain	Mark Cavendish	Team Sky
2013	Netherlands	Lars Boom	Blanco Pro Cycling
2014	Belgium	Philippe Gilbert	BMC Racing Team
2015	Germany	André Greipel	Lotto–Soudal
2016^[6]	Belgium	Sep Vanmarcke	LottoNL–Jumbo
2017^[7]	Portugal	José Gonçalves	Team Katusha–Alpecin
2018	No race due to several stage finish host locations cancelling their interest^[8]
2019	Netherlands	Mike Teunissen	Team Jumbo–Visma
2020– 2021	No race due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands
2022	Netherlands	Olav Kooij	Team Jumbo–Visma
2023	Netherlands	Olav Kooij	Team Jumbo–Visma
2024	Belgium	Rune Herregodts	Intermarché–Wanty
2025	No race
2026	Czech Republic	Mathias Vacek	Lidl–Trek

Wins per country

Wins	Country
18	Netherlands
7	Belgium
3	Germany
1	Australia France Great Britain Italy Norway Portugal United States Czech Republic

References

↑ Ballinger, Alex (10 October 2019). "UCI releases full calendar for new ProSeries races". Cycling Weekly. TI Media. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
↑ "ZLM Tour". FirstCycling.com. 5 October 2023.
↑ "Ster Elektroer Tour (Hol)". www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net. Archived from the original on 2006-05-15.
↑ "ZLM tour(1.Ncup)". ProcyclingStats. 6 October 2023.
↑ "ZLM Tour (Hol) - Cat.2.1". Memoire-du-cyclisme.eu (in French). Retrieved 5 October 2023.
↑ "Vanmarcke wins Ster ZLM Toer". cyclingnews.com. 19 June 2016. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
↑ "Ster ZLM Toer GP Jan van Heeswijk 2017: Stage 5 Results". cyclingnews.com. 18 June 2017. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
↑ "Ster ZLM Toer canceled". cyclingnews.com. 11 April 2018. Retrieved 15 June 2021.

External links

Official website (in Dutch)

[1] Ballinger, Alex (10 October 2019). "UCI releases full calendar for new ProSeries races". Cycling Weekly. TI Media. Retrieved 9 July 2022.

[2] "ZLM Tour". FirstCycling.com. 5 October 2023.

[3] "Ster Elektroer Tour (Hol)". www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net. Archived from the original on 2006-05-15.

[4] "ZLM tour(1.Ncup)". ProcyclingStats. 6 October 2023.

[5] "ZLM Tour (Hol) - Cat.2.1". Memoire-du-cyclisme.eu (in French). Retrieved 5 October 2023.

[6] "Vanmarcke wins Ster ZLM Toer". cyclingnews.com. 19 June 2016. Retrieved 15 June 2021.

[7] "Ster ZLM Toer GP Jan van Heeswijk 2017: Stage 5 Results". cyclingnews.com. 18 June 2017. Retrieved 15 June 2021.

[8] "Ster ZLM Toer canceled". cyclingnews.com. 11 April 2018. Retrieved 15 June 2021.

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