Cycling - Hel van het Mergelland - Volta Limburg Classic - Statistics

• Palmares since 1973

  1973	Jan Spijker (NED)	Johan Van Der Meer (NED)	Frits Pirard (NED)
  1974	Toine Van Den Bunder (NED)	Bert Pronk (NED)	Mathieu Dohmen (NED)
  1975	Mathieu Dohmen (NED)	Ad Tak (NED)	Frits Pirard (NED)
  1976	Wil Van Helvoirt (NED)	Léo Van Vliet (NED)	Toine Van Den Bunder (NED)
  1977	Toine Van De Bunder (NED)	Ger Mak (NED)	Piet Van Der Kruijs (NED)
  1978	Toine Van De Bunder (NED)	Bert Oosterbosch (NED)	Herman Snoeijink (NED)
  1979	Herman Snoeijink (NED)	Dries Klein (NED)	Wies Van Dongen Jr. (NED)
  1980	Pim Bosch (NED)	Frank Moons (NED)	Adrie Van der Poel (NED)
  1981	René Koppert (NED)	Ron Snijders (NED)	Jan De Nijs (NED)
  1982	Peter Hofland (NED)	Léon Nevels (NED)	Engelbert Van Horik (NED)
  1983	Jan Peels (NED)	Bert Wekema (NED)	Peter Damen (NED)
  1984	Chris Koppert (NED)	Jean-Paul Van Poppel (NED)	Nico Verhoeven (NED)
  1985	Stefan Raekers (NED)	Anjo Van Loon (NED)	Erik Breukink (NED)
  1986	Marc Van Orsouw (NED)	Eddy Schurer (NED)	Rob Harmeling (NED)
  1987	Tom Cordes (NED)	Johannes Draaijer (NED)	Johnny Broers (NED)
  1988	Gerard Moehlmann (NED)	Theo Akkermans (NED)	Stefan Raekers (NED)
  1989	Willem-jan Van Loenhout (NED)	Joost Van Adrichem (NED)	Maarten Den Bakker (NED)
  1990	Raymond Meijs (NED)	Rinus Ansems (NED)	Rob Mulders (NED)
  1991	Rob Compas (NED)	Rob Mulders (NED)	Tristan Hoffman (NED)
  1992	Martin Van Steen (NED)	Antoine Bok (NED)	Bart Voskamp (NED)
  1993	Erwin Thijs (BEL)	Wim Van Den Meulenhof (NED)	Bennie Gosink (NED)
  1994	John Van Den Akker (NED)	Rob Compas (NED)	Paul Konings (NED)
  1995	Max Van Heeswijk (NED)	John Van Den Akker (NED)	Harm Jansen (NED)
  1996	Lucien De Louw (NED)	Jan Boven (NED)	Raymond Meijs (NED)
  1997	Raymond Meijs (NED)	John Talen (NED)	John Van Den Akker (NED)
  1998	Raymond Meijs (NED)	Ralf Grabsch (GER)	Hans De Meester (BEL)
  1999	Raymond Meijs (NED)	Michel Van Haecke (BEL)	Ralf Grabsch (GER)
  2000	Bert Grabsch (GER)	Dirk Müller (GER)	David Moncoutie (FRA)
  2002	Corey Sweet (AUS)	Thierry De Groote (BEL)	Germ Van Der Burg (NED)
  2003	Wim Van Huffel (BEL)	Nico Sijmens (BEL)	Jens Heppner (GER)
  2004	Allan Johansen (DEN)	David Kopp (GER)	Jens Heppner (GER)
  2005	Nico Sijmens (BEL)	Stefan Schumacher (GER)	Maarten Wynants (BEL)
  2006	Mikhaylo Khalilov (UKR)	Martijn Maaskant (NED)	Bert Scheirlinckx (BEL)
  2007	Nico Sijmens (BEL)	Sergey Lagutin (UZB)	Niki Terpstra (NED)
  2008	Tony Martin (GER)	Adam Hansen (AUS)	Pieter Jacobs (BEL)
  2009	Mauro Finetto (ITA)	Federico Canuti (ITA)	Wouter Mol (NED)
  2010	Yann Huguet (FRA)	Jos Van Emden (NED)	Dominik Klemme (GER)
  2011	Pim Ligthart (NED)	Federico Canuti (ITA)	Samuel Dumoulin (FRA)
  2012	Pavel Brutt (RUS)	Simon Geschke (GER)	Daniel Schorn (AUT)
  2013	Rüdiger Selig (GER)	Sonny Colbrelli (ITA)	Paul Martens (GER)
  2014	Moreno Hofland (NED)	Sonny Colbrelli (ITA)	Mauro Finetto (ITA)
  2015	Stefan Küng (SWI)	Maciej Paterski (POL)	Dylan Theuns (BEL)
  2016	Floris Gerts (NED)	Sonny Colbrelli (ITA)	Philippe Gilbert (BEL)
  2017	Marco Canola (ITA)	Xandro Meurisse (BEL)	Nick Van Der Lijke (NED)
  2018	Jan Tratnik (SLO)	Marco Tizza (ITA)	Jimmy Janssens (BEL)
  2019	Patrick Müller (SWI)	Justin Jules (FRA)	Ben Hermans (BEL)
  2022	Arnaud De Lie (BEL)	Stefano Oldani (ITA)	Loïc Vliegen (BEL)
  2023	Kaden Groves (AUS)	Maxim Van Gils (BEL)	Pascal Eenkhoorn (NED)
  2024	Timo Kielich (BEL)	Pascal Eenkhoorn (NED)	Henri Uhlig (GER)

• All podiums since 1973

  	Winners	Second place	Third place
  Raymond Meijs (NED)	4	0	1
  Nico Sijmens (BEL)	2	1	0
  Toine Van De Bunder (NED)	2	0	0
  John Van Den Akker (NED)	1	1	1
  Rob Compas (NED)	1	1	0
  Mauro Finetto (ITA)	1	0	1
  Herman Snoeijink (NED)	1	0	1
  Mathieu Dohmen (NED)	1	0	1
  Stefan Raekers (NED)	1	0	1
  Toine Van Den Bunder (NED)	1	0	1
  Yann Huguet (FRA)	1	0	0
  Bert Grabsch (GER)	1	0	0
  Rüdiger Selig (GER)	1	0	0
  Tony Martin (GER)	1	0	0
  Marco Canola (ITA)	1	0	0
  Chris Koppert (NED)	1	0	0
  Floris Gerts (NED)	1	0	0
  Gerard Moehlmann (NED)	1	0	0
  Jan Peels (NED)	1	0	0
  Jan Spijker (NED)	1	0	0
  Lucien De Louw (NED)	1	0	0
  Marc Van Orsouw (NED)	1	0	0
  Martin Van Steen (NED)	1	0	0
  Max Van Heeswijk (NED)	1	0	0
  Moreno Hofland (NED)	1	0	0
  Peter Hofland (NED)	1	0	0
  Pim Bosch (NED)	1	0	0
  Pim Ligthart (NED)	1	0	0
  René Koppert (NED)	1	0	0
  Tom Cordes (NED)	1	0	0
  Wil Van Helvoirt (NED)	1	0	0
  Willem-jan Van Loenhout (NED)	1	0	0
  Allan Johansen (DEN)	1	0	0
  Jan Tratnik (SLO)	1	0	0
  Patrick Müller (SWI)	1	0	0
  Stefan Küng (SWI)	1	0	0
  Arnaud De Lie (BEL)	1	0	0
  Erwin Thijs (BEL)	1	0	0
  Timo Kielich (BEL)	1	0	0
  Wim Van Huffel (BEL)	1	0	0
  Corey Sweet (AUS)	1	0	0
  Kaden Groves (AUS)	1	0	0
  Mikhaylo Khalilov (UKR)	1	0	0
  Pavel Brutt (RUS)	1	0	0
  Sonny Colbrelli (ITA)		3	0
  Federico Canuti (ITA)		2	0
  Ralf Grabsch (GER)		1	1
  Pascal Eenkhoorn (NED)		1	1
  Rob Mulders (NED)		1	1
  Justin Jules (FRA)		1	0
  David Kopp (GER)		1	0
  Dirk Müller (GER)		1	0
  Simon Geschke (GER)		1	0
  Stefan Schumacher (GER)		1	0
  Marco Tizza (ITA)		1	0
  Stefano Oldani (ITA)		1	0
  Ad Tak (NED)		1	0
  Anjo Van Loon (NED)		1	0
  Antoine Bok (NED)		1	0
  Bert Oosterbosch (NED)		1	0
  Bert Pronk (NED)		1	0
  Bert Wekema (NED)		1	0
  Dries Klein (NED)		1	0
  Eddy Schurer (NED)		1	0
  Frank Moons (NED)		1	0
  Ger Mak (NED)		1	0
  Jan Boven (NED)		1	0
  Jean-Paul Van Poppel (NED)		1	0
  Johan Van Der Meer (NED)		1	0
  Johannes Draaijer (NED)		1	0
  John Talen (NED)		1	0
  Joost Van Adrichem (NED)		1	0
  Jos Van Emden (NED)		1	0
  Léo Van Vliet (NED)		1	0
  Léon Nevels (NED)		1	0
  Martijn Maaskant (NED)		1	0
  Rinus Ansems (NED)		1	0
  Ron Snijders (NED)		1	0
  Theo Akkermans (NED)		1	0
  Wim Van Den Meulenhof (NED)		1	0
  Maciej Paterski (POL)		1	0
  Maxim Van Gils (BEL)		1	0
  Michel Van Haecke (BEL)		1	0
  Thierry De Groote (BEL)		1	0
  Xandro Meurisse (BEL)		1	0
  Adam Hansen (AUS)		1	0
  Sergey Lagutin (UZB)		1	0
  Jens Heppner (GER)			2
  Frits Pirard (NED)			2
  David Moncoutie (FRA)			1
  Samuel Dumoulin (FRA)			1
  Dominik Klemme (GER)			1
  Henri Uhlig (GER)			1
  Paul Martens (GER)			1
  Adrie Van der Poel (NED)			1
  Bart Voskamp (NED)			1
  Bennie Gosink (NED)			1
  Engelbert Van Horik (NED)			1
  Erik Breukink (NED)			1
  Germ Van Der Burg (NED)			1
  Harm Jansen (NED)			1
  Jan De Nijs (NED)			1
  Johnny Broers (NED)			1
  Maarten Den Bakker (NED)			1
  Nick Van Der Lijke (NED)			1
  Nico Verhoeven (NED)			1
  Niki Terpstra (NED)			1
  Paul Konings (NED)			1
  Peter Damen (NED)			1
  Piet Van Der Kruijs (NED)			1
  Rob Harmeling (NED)			1
  Tristan Hoffman (NED)			1
  Wies Van Dongen Jr. (NED)			1
  Wouter Mol (NED)			1
  Daniel Schorn (AUT)			1
  Ben Hermans (BEL)			1
  Bert Scheirlinckx (BEL)			1
  Dylan Theuns (BEL)			1
  Hans De Meester (BEL)			1
  Jimmy Janssens (BEL)			1
  Loïc Vliegen (BEL)			1
  Maarten Wynants (BEL)			1
  Philippe Gilbert (BEL)			1
  Pieter Jacobs (BEL)			1

• Podiums by country since 1973

  	Winners	Second place	Third place
  Netherlands	29	28	30
  Belgium	6	5	9
  Germany	3	5	6
  Italy	2	7	1
  Australia	2	1	0
  Switzerland	2	0	0
  France	1	1	2
  Denmark	1	0	0
  Slovenia	1	0	0
  Ukraine	1	0	0
  Russia	1	0	0
  Poland		1	0
  Uzbekistan		1	0
  Austria			1

General Informations

• Location : Netherlands
• First edition : 1973
• Editions : 49 (including 2024)
• Official name : Volta Limburg Classic
• Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volta_Limburg_Classic
• Official website : http://www.helvanhetmergelland.nl/
• First winner : Jan Spijker
• Most wins : Raymond Meijs (4)
• Most recent winner : Timo Kielich