Ronde van Limburg history
Gerben Thijssen
2.
Caleb Ewan
3.
Stanislaw Aniolkowski
4.
Tim Merlier
5.
Erlend Blikra
6.
Martijn Budding
7.
Lionel Taminiaux
8.
Timothy Dupont
9.
Milan Fretin
10.
Sander De Pestel
Results 2023
Gerben Thijssen sprinted to victory in the 75th edition of the Tour of Limburg. The local rider beat Australian Ewan, who had to change bikes several times in the last 5km, and the Polish rider Aniolkowski on the Eeuwfeestwal in Tongeren.
Gerben Thijssen
2.
Caleb Ewan
3.
Stanislaw Aniolkowski
Arnaud De Lie
2.
Simone Consonni
3.
Danny van Poppel
Tim Merlier
2.
Daniel McLay
3.
John Degenkolb
Eduard-Michael Grosu
2.
Simone Consonni
3.
Lasse Norman Hansen
Mathieu van der Poel
2.
Nacer Bouhanni
3.
Tim Merlier
Wout van Aert
2.
Dorian Godon
3.
Gianni Vermeersch
Kenny Dehaes
2.
Tom Boonen
3.
Timothy Dupont
Björn Leukemans
2.
Dimitri Claeys
3.
Wouter Mol
Mathieu van der Poel
2.
Paul Martens
3.
Greg Henderson
Olivier Chevalier
2.
Kevin Claeys
3.
Huub Duyn
Kevin Claeys
2.
Rick Zabel
3.
Klaas Vantornout
Marc Wauters
2.
Stéphane Hennebert
3.
Frank Corvers
Patrick Van Roosbroeck
2.
Hendrik Redant
3.
Danny Nelissen
Jans Koerts
2.
Jo Planckaert
3.
Benny Van Brabant
Eddy Planckaert
2.
Benny Van Brabant
3.
Uwe Raab
Jerry Cooman
2.
John Vos
3.
Eric Vanderaerden
Eric Vanderaerden
2.
Peter Pieters
3.
Wim Van Eynde
Wim Arras
2.
Jean-Paul van Poppel
3.
Willi Engelbrecht
Ad Wijnands
2.
Peter Hoondert
3.
Frank Van De Vijver
Eric Vanderaerden
2.
Ron Snijders
3.
Jan Bogaert
Noël Dejonckheere
2.
Leo van Vliet
3.
Benny Van Brabant
Rudy Matthijs
2.
Henk Lubberding
3.
William Tackaert
Werner Devos
2.
Jan Bogaert
3.
Fons Dewolf
Ludwig Wijnants
2.
Heddie Nieuwdorp
3.
Leo van Vliet
Daniel Willems
2.
Paul Wellens
3.
Jos Jacobs
Guido Van Sweevelt
2.
Gerrie Kneteman
3.
Dirk Heirweg
Willem Peeters
2.
Miel Gijsemans
3.
Rudy Pevenage
Marcel Laurens
2.
Rik Van Linden
3.
Benny Schepmans
Frans Van Looy
2.
Benny Schepman
3.
Willem Peeters
Guido Van Sweevelt
2.
Cees Priem
3.
Walter Godefroot
Frans Verbeeck
2.
Roger De Vlaeminck
3.
Bernard Bourguignon
Joseph Abelshausen
2.
Frans Verhaegen
3.
Jean-Pierre Berckmans
Joseph Abelshausen
2.
Frans Verbeeck
3.
Raf Hooyberghs
Jan van Katwijk
2.
Georges Vanconingsloo
3.
Raf Hooyberghs
Willy Vekemans
2.
Jos van der Vleuten
3.
Valère Vansweevelt
Leo Duyndam
2.
Patrick Sercu
3.
Fons De Bal
Ward Sels
2.
Theo Mertens
3.
Fernand Deferm
Fernand Deferm
2.
Georges Vanconingsloo
3.
Jean-Baptise Claes
Georges Vanconingsloo
2.
Reindert De Jong
3.
Roger De Coninck
Jos Dewit
2.
Jos Verachtert
3.
Lode Troonbeeckx
Jos Wouters
2.
Jo De Haan
3.
Ludo Janssens
Peter Post
2.
Jos Wouters
3.
Jos Verachtert
Martin Van Geneugden
2.
Willy Schroerders
3.
Raymond Impanis
Willy Vannitsen
2.
Frans Aerenhouts
3.
Georges Mortiers
Valère Paulissen
2.
Gerard Vergoossen
3.
Piet van den Brekel
Roger Baens
2.
Jean Vermaelen
3.
Willem Hendriks
Willy Vannitsen
2.
Emiel Severeyns
3.
Jan Huyskens
Frans Schoubben
2.
Karel Van Dormael
3.
Jan Van Gompel
Ernest Sterckx
2.
Karel Van Dormael
3.
Desiré Keteleer
Edward Peeters
2.
Ludo Vander Elst
3.
Jan Storms
Gaston De Wachter
2.
Frans Loyaerts
3.
Jozef De Feyter
Roger De Corte
2.
Karel Debaere
3.
Ernest Sterckx
Henri Serin
2.
Lode Anthonis
3.
Joseph Verhaert
Jean Bogaerts
2.
Edward Peeters
3.
Jacques Dupont
Rik Van Steenbergen
2.
Gerard Buyl
3.
Frans Leenen
Karel Leysen
2.
Constant Verschueren
3.
Leopold Verschueren
Georges Claes
2.
Maurice Mollin
3.
Emile Goutier
Edward Van Dijck
2.
Roger Cnockaert
3.
Edward Peeters
Eloi Meulenberg
2.
Leopold Verschueren
3.
Edward Van Dijck
Ernest Sterckx
2.
Sylvain Grysolle
3.
Edward Van Dijck
Marcel Kint
2.
Achiel Buysse
3.
André Declerck
Gustaaf Van Overloop
2.
Achiel Buysse
3.
Eugène Jacobs
Albert Dubuisson
2.
Achiel Buysse
3.
Georges Claes
Frans Spiessens
2.
Albert 'T Jolyn
3.
Georges Claes
Joseph Huts
2.
Ward Vissers
3.
Frans Gahy
Alfons Schepers
2.
Joseph Huts
3.
Mathieu Cardeynaels
Michel D'Hooghe
2.
Marcel Van Schil
3.
Ernest Planckaert
Frans Van Hasselt
2.
Joseph Huts
3.
August Van Tricht
Louis Roels
2.
Odile Van Eenoghe
3.
Gustaaf Van Slembroeck
Frans Bonduel
2.
Alfons Deloor
3.
Maurice Croon
Edward Huyghens
2.
Eugène Gijbels
3.
Grosemans
Louis Hardiquest
2.
Jozef Horemans
3.
Eugène Gijbels
Evrard Bourguignon
2.
Lode Mertens
3.
Gysenberghs
Victor Lenaers
2.
Casterman
3.
Jef Mosselmans
Henri Moerenhout
2.
Louis Budts
3.
Edmond Van Heynighem
Record holders
Only six riders have been able to win the Ronde van Limburg two times in their careers. Of these six, only one rider managed to win the race two years in a row: Joseph Abelshausen.
Ernest Sterckx was the first rider to succeed in winning the Ronde van Limburg twice. His first victory came in 1944. In that year, Sterckx defeated Sylvain Grysolle. After that, the rider from Heultj had to wait eleven more years for another victory. In 1955 Sterckx was the fastest in the sprint in a group of seven.
In 1957, Willy Vannitsen won the Ronde van Limburg. That year, he beat Emile Severeyns, his teammate at Peugeot - BP - Dunlop, in a sprint with four riders. Three years later, Vannitsen joined the record holders after another win in the sprint with a small group.
Joseph Abelshausen is the only one of the Ronde van Limburg record holders to have won the race two years in a row. Both times, he finished solo. He just managed to stay in front of the peloton in 1972. A year later, the rider from IJsboerke – Bertin triumphed with a lead of one minute over his first pursuer.
In 1975, it was Guido Van Sweevelt and Cees Priem who rode together to the finishing line with a hunting peloton just behind them. Van Sweevelt showed himself to be the strongest in the sprint between the two of them. Four years later he again beat a Dutchman. This time, Gerrie Kneteman came second in a sprint with six.
Man of the region, Eric Vanderaerden, also managed to finish on top of the podium twice in the Ronde van Limburg. His first win came in 1985, when he won the sprint from a thinned out peloton. He was also the best rider three years later. The rider from Panasonic - Isostar made it solo that year.
In 2014, Mathieu van der Poel was just nineteen years old when he won the Ronde van Limburg for the first time. In that year, the Dutchman showed himself to be the strongest in the sprint of a thinned out peloton. Four years later, Van der Poel proved once again that he had a solid sprint finish. In 2018, he defeated Nacer Bouhanni and Tim Merlier who took the two lower podium places.
