Dutch_National_Road_Race_Championships
Dutch National Road Race Championships
National road cycling championship in the Netherlands
The Dutch National Road Race Championships take place annually, on the weekend prior to the start of the Tour de France. First held in 1888, today it is organized by the Top Sports Group, commissioned by the KNWU.
Until 1927, the race was open for all categories, after 1927 only for professional cyclists with or without contract.
Elite
U23
- Only two riders finished the race.[1]
- Races were held in Belgium as road races were forbidden in the Netherlands.
- Evert Dolman was disqualified after doping use, and the title was not reattributed.
- The original winner, Michael Boogerd, was stripped of all his results between 2005 and 2007 due to his confession of doping.[3] The title was not reattributed.
- "Uit stad. en dorp" [From towns and villages]. Nieuwsblad van het Noorden (in Dutch). 26 September 1888. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
- "Championnat des Pays-Bas" [Dutch Championships]. memoire-du-cyclisme.eu (in French). Retrieved 5 February 2023.
- "Boogerd given two-year suspension for doping". cyclingnews.com. 6 January 2016. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
- Puddicombe, Stephen (21 June 2021). "Roosen wins Dutch men's road title". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
- Weislo, Laura (24 June 2022). "Eenkhoorn claims Dutch road race title on VAM-berg". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
- Weislo, Laura (22 August 2020). "Van der Breggen takes her first Dutch road race title". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
- "Amy Pieters solos to Dutch women's road race title". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 19 June 2021. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
- Frattini, Kirsten (25 June 2022). "'I hope Amy Pieters is proud' - Riejanne Markus wins women's Dutch road race title". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 5 February 2023.