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{{Short description|Dutch one-day road cycling race}}
{{more footnotes needed|date=March 2012}}
{{Infobox cycling race
| name = Ronde van Drenthe
| image = 2008 Ronde van Drenthe-logo 12023.jpgpng
| caption = 2008 Ronde van Drenthe
| date = Early-March
| region = Drenthe, Netherlands
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| mostwins = {{flagathlete|[[Henk Mutsaars]]|NED}}<br>{{flagathlete|[[Ron Snijders]]|NED}}<br>{{flagathlete|[[Allard Engels]]|NED}}<br>{{flagathlete|[[Anthony Theus]]|NED}}<br>{{flagathlete|[[Rudie Kemna]]|NED}} ''(2 wins)''
| mostrecent = {{flagathlete|[[Per Strand Hagenes]]|NOR}}
|first_women={{start date|2008}}
}}
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'''Ronde van Drenthe''' ({{lang-en|Tour of Drenthe}}) is an elite [[List of men's road bicycle races|men's]] and [[List of women's road bicycle races|women's]] professional [[road bicycle racing]] event held annually in the [[Drenthe]], Netherlands and sanctioned by the [[Royal Dutch Cycling Union]]. Since 1998 there is also a women's event, known as '''Novilon Internationale Damesronde van Drenthe''' and since 2007 there is also a Ronde van Drenthe for women which was part of the [[UCI Women's Road World Cup]] until 2015. In 2016, the race became part of the new [[UCI Women's WorldTour|UCI Women's World Tour]].
|number_women=17 (as of 2024)
|firstwinner_women={{flagathlete|[[Adrie Visser]]|NED}}
|mostwins_women={{flagathlete|[[Lorena Wiebes]]|NED}} ''(4 wins)''
|mostrecent_women={{flagathlete|[[Lorena Wiebes]]|NED}}}}
'''Ronde van Drenthe''' ({{lang-en|Tour of Drenthe}}) is an elite [[List of men's road bicycle races|men's]] and [[List of women's road bicycle races|women's]] professional [[road bicycle racing]] event held annually in the [[Drenthe]], Netherlands and sanctioned by the [[Royal Dutch Cycling Union]]. Since 1998 there is also aThe women's event, known as '''Novilon Internationale Damesronde van Drenthe''' and since 2007 there is also a Ronde van Drenthe for women which was part of the [[UCI Women's RoadWorldTour|UCI Women's World CupTour]], untiland 2015.the Inmen's 2016,event the race becameis part of the new [[UCI Women's WorldTour|UCI Women's WorldEurope Tour]].
 
== History ==
Since 2005, the men's event is UCI 1.1 rated and is part of the [[UCI Europe Tour]].
 
=== Men's event ===
The race was first held in 1960 as an amateur event.<ref>{{Cite web |last=dotsolutions |title=Jurrie Dokter wint na slimme sprint de allereerste Ronde van Drenthe in 1960 |url=https://www.rondevandrenthe.nl/nieuws/jurrie-dokter-wint-na-slimme-sprint-de-allereerste-ronde-van-drenthe-in-1960 |access-date=2023-04-13 |website=Ronde van Drenthe}}</ref> Since 2005, the men's event has been part of the [[UCI Europe Tour]]. It became a 1.HC race in 2017.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-09-21 |title=Ronde van Drenthe krijgt HC status, Veenendaal-Veenendaal krijgt editie voor vrouwen |url=https://www.wielerflits.nl/nieuws/ronde-van-drenthe-krijgt-hc-status-veenendaal-veenendaal-krijgt-editie-voor-vrouwen/ |access-date=2023-04-13 |website=WielerFlits |language=nl}}</ref>
 
Between 2010 and 2015, [[Dwars door Drenthe]] was held on the same weekend as the Ronde van Drenthe.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2015-09-22 |title=News shorts: Chavanel interested in Hour Record, Giant hoping to tie down Dumoulin |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/news-shorts-chavanel-interested-in-hour-record-giant-hoping-to-tie-down-dumoulin/ |access-date=2023-04-13 |website=cyclingnews.com |language=en |quote=Dwars door Drenthe axed}}</ref> In 2011, Ronde van Drenthe and Dwars door Drenthe were held as a combined stage race, with each day retaining its own branding. The events reverted to being separate events in 2012.
[[File:2008 Ronde van Drenthe 1.jpg|thumb|260px|2008 Ronde van Drenthe]]
=== Women's event ===
A women's event was first held in 1998 as '''Novilon Eurocup''', a one-day race.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Been |first=José |date=2020-03-12 |title=Preview: The Classics continue at the Ronde van Drenthe |url=https://www.cyclingtips.com/2020/03/preview-the-classics-continue-at-the-ronde-van-drenthe/ |access-date=2023-04-13 |website=CyclingTips |language=en}}</ref> Between 2003 and 2006, this was held as a three day event.<ref>{{Cite web |date=13 April 2003 |title=Novilon Internationale Damesronde van Drenthe |url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/?id=2003/apr03/novilondrenthe03/default |access-date=2023-04-13 |website=autobus.cyclingnews.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=9 April 2006 |title=Novilon Internationale Damesronde van Drenthe |url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road.php?id=road/2006/apr06/novilondrenthe06/default |access-date=2023-04-13 |website=autobus.cyclingnews.com}}</ref>
 
In 2007, these three stages were replaced by three one-day races - the Novilon Eurocup, '''Drenthe 8 of Dwingeloo''' and '''Ronde van Drenthe'''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=8 April 2007 |title=Novilon Internationale Damesronde van Drenthe |url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road.php?id=road/2007/apr07/novilondrenthe07 |access-date=2023-04-13 |website=autobus.cyclingnews.com}}</ref><ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=12 April 2007 |title=Drentse 8 van Dwingeloo - W1.1 |url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road.php?id=road/2007/apr07/drentse8_07 |access-date=2023-04-13 |website=autobus.cyclingnews.com}}</ref> In 2015, the Novilon Eurocup was held for the last time, and the Drenthe 8 became '''Drentse 8 van Westerveld'''.
 
The first edition of Ronde van Drenthe in [[2007 Ronde van Drenthe World Cup|2007]] was part of the [[UCI Women's Road World Cup]],<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=14 April 2007 |title=www.cyclingnews.com presents the Ronde van Drenthe |url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2007/apr07/drenthewc07/ |access-date=2023-04-13 |website=autobus.cyclingnews.com}}</ref> and the race became part of the [[UCI Women's World Tour]] in 2016. Dutch riders [[Marianne Vos]] and [[Lorena Wiebes]] have both won the Ronde van Drenthe event three times.
 
== Route ==
The raceraces usesuse generally flat roads in the Drenthe region of the Netherlands, with the challenge being multiple ascents of the {{ill|VAM-berg|nl}} – a hill built on a [[landfill site]]. The climb is 750m in length with an average gradient of 4.2% and a maximum gradient of 20%.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jary |first=Rachel |date=9 March 2022 |title=Ronde van Drenthe 2022 - Route, Predictions and Contenders |url=https://www.rouleur.cc/blogs/the-rouleur-journal/wwt-ronde-van-drenthe-2022-route-predictions-and-contenders |access-date=2022-04-29 |website=Rouleur }}</ref> Other difficulties are the ten cobbled sections on the route.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ronde van Drenthe tussen hoop en vrees |url=https://www.rondevandrenthe.nl/nieuws/ronde-van-drenthe-tussen-hoop-en-vrees-01/03 |accessdate=7 March 2022 |work=Ronde van Drenthe}}</ref>
 
== Men's past winners ==
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{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1960|name={{sortname|Jurrie|Dokter}}|nat=NED|team=}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1961|name={{sortname|Cees|De Jongh}}|nat=NED|team=}}
{{Cycling past winner riderno race|year=1962|name={{sortname|Bart|Solaro}}|nat=NED|teamreason=}}
{{Cycling past winner riderno race|year=1963|name={{sortname|Jaak|Mesters}}|nat=NED|teamreason=}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1964|name={{sortname|JanBart|FransenSolaro}}|nat=NED|team=}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1965|name={{sortname|Roel|Hendriks}}|nat=NED|team=}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1966|name={{sortname|PeterPiet|Tesselaar}}|nat=NED|team=}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1967|name={{sortname|Leen|De Groot}}|nat=NED|team=}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1968|name={{sortname|Jan|van Katwijk}}|nat=NED|team=}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1969|name={{sortname|Ben|Janbroers}}|nat=NED|team=}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1970|name={{sortname|Popke|Oosterhof}}|nat=NED|team=}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1971|name={{sortname|JulesJulles|Bruessing}}|nat=NED|team=}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1972|name={{sortname|Hennie|Kuiper}}|nat=NED|team=}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1973|name={{sortname|Gerrie|van Gerwen}}|nat=NED|team=}}
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{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1996|name={{sortname|Karsten|Kroon}}|nat=NED|team=}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1997|name={{sortname|Anthony|Theus}}|nat=NED|team=}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1998|name={{sortname|Remco|van der Ven}}|nat=NED|team={{ctUCI team code|TVM|1998}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1999|name={{sortname|Jans|Koerts}}|nat=NED|team=[[Team Cologne]]}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2000|name={{sortname|Andy|de Smet}}|nat=BEL|team=[[Spar-OKI]]}}
{{Cycling past winner no race|year=2001|reason=[[foot-and-mouth disease]]}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2002|name={{sortname|Rudie|Kemna}}|nat=NED|team=[[BankGiroLoterij–Batavus]]}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2003|name={{sortname|Rudie|Kemna}}|nat=NED|team=[[BankGiroLoterij]]}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2004|name={{sortname|Erik|Dekker}}|nat=NED|team={{ctUCI team code|RAB|2004}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2005|name={{sortname|Marcel|Sieberg}}|nat=GER|team=[[Team Lamonta]]}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2006|name={{sortname|Markus|Eichler}}|nat=GER|team=[[Team Regiostrom-Senges]]}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2007|name={{sortname|Martijn|Maaskant}}|nat=NED|team=[[Rabobank Continental Team]]}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2008|name={{sortname|Coen|Vermeltfoort}}|nat=NED|team=[[Rabobank Continental Team]]}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2009|name={{sortname|Maurizio|Biondo}}|nat=ITA|team={{ctUCI team code|FLM|2009}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2010|name={{sortname|Alberto|Ongarato}}|nat=ITA|team={{ctUCI team code|VAC|2010}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2011|name={{sortname|Kenny|Van Hummel}}|nat=NED|team={{ctUCI team code|SKS|2011}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2012|name={{sortname|Bert-Jan|Lindeman}}|nat=NED|team={{ctUCI team code|VCD|2012}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2013|name={{sortname|Alexander|Wetterhall}}|nat=SWE|team={{ctUCI team code|TNE|2013}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2014|name={{sortname|Kenny|Dehaes}}|nat=BEL|team={{ctUCI team code|LTB|2014}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2015|name={{sortname|Edward|Theuns}}|nat=BEL|team={{ctUCI team code|TSV|2015}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2016|name={{sortname|Jesper|Asselman}}|nat=NED|team={{ctUCI team code|ROO|2016}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2017 Ronde van Drenthe|2017]]|name={{sortname|Jan-Willem|van Schip}}|nat=NED|team={{ctUCI team code|RIJ|2017}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2018 Ronde van Drenthe|2018]]|name={{sortname|František|Sisr}}|nat=CZE|team={{ctUCI team code|CCC|2018}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2019|name={{sortname|Pim|Ligthart}}|nat=NED|team={{ctUCI team code|TDE|2019a}}}}
{{Cycling past winner no race|year=2020|reason=[[COVID-19 pandemic]]}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2021|name={{sortname|Rune|Herregodts}}|nat=BEL|team={{ctUCI team code|SVB|2021}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2022|name={{sortname|Dries|Van Gestel}}|nat=BEL|team={{ctUCI team code|TDE|2022}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2023|name={{sortname|Per|Strand Hagenes}}|nat=NOR|team={{ctUCI team code|TJV|2023}}}}
{{Cycling past winner end}}
<small>Source<ref>{{Cite web |title=Uitslagen Ronde van Drenthe |url=https://www.rondevandrenthe.nl/bestanden/documenten/346-rvdrenthe-uitslagen.pdf}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Palmares Albert Achterhes Profronde van Drenthe |url=https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/ronde-van-drenthe/2023/result/history |access-date=2023-04-13 |website=www.procyclingstats.com}}</ref></small>
 
== Women's past winners ==
 
=== Novilon Damesronde van DrentheEurocup ===
In September 2015 it was announced that the race would not continue in 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cyclingonline.nl/artikel/8116_organisatie_drenthe_van_vijf_naar_drie_wedstrijden.html|title = Organisatie Drenthe van vijf naar drie wedstrijden}}</ref>
The name of the race had over the years different names
* 2004–2007: Novilon Internationale Damesronde van Drenthe
* 2008–2011: Novilon Eurocup Ronde van Drenthe
* 2012: Novilon Euregio Cup
* 2014–2015: Novilon EDR Cup
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year
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| {{Flagicon|NED}} [[Marielle van Scheppingen-Romme]]
| {{Flagicon|GBR}} [[Ceris Gilfillan]]
|-
|2001
| colspan="3" |'''''No race''' due to [[Foot-and-mouth disease]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=7 April 2001 |title=News for April 7, 2001 |url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/results/2001/apr01/apr07news.shtml |access-date=2023-04-13 |website=autobus.cyclingnews.com |quote=Both the men's and women's versions of the Ronde van Drenthe, scheduled for April 7, have been cancelled. The reason given is the Foot and Mouth outbreak in the Netherlands, that caused the cancellation of several other races recently.}}</ref>''
|-
|2002
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|2023
|colspan=3| '' ''' Race cancelled''' due to weather conditions''
|-
|2024
| {{Flagicon|NED}} [[Sofie van Rooijen]]
| {{Flagicon|ITA}} [[Chiara Consonni]]
| {{Flagicon|ITA}} [[Rachele Barbieri]]
|}
 
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| {{Flagicon|ITA}} [[Eleonora Gasparrini]]
|-
| [[2022 Ronde van Drenthe (women's race)|2022]]
| {{flagicon|NED}} [[Lorena Wiebes]]
| {{Flagicon|ITA}} [[Elisa Balsamo (cyclist)|Elisa Balsamo]]
| {{Flagicon|BEL}} [[Lotte Kopecky]]
|-
| [[2023 Ronde van Drenthe (women's race)|2023]]
| {{flagicon|NED}} [[Lorena Wiebes]]
| {{Flagicon|NOR}} [[Susanne Andersen]]
| {{Flagicon|NED}} [[Maike van der Duin]]
|-
| [[2024 Ronde van Drenthe (women's race)|2024]]
| {{flagicon|NED}} [[Lorena Wiebes]]
| {{Flagicon|ITA}} [[Elisa Balsamo (cyclist)|Elisa Balsamo]]
| {{Flagicon|NED}} [[Puck Pieterse]]
|}
<small>Source<ref>{{Cite web |title=Palmares Miron Ronde van Drenthe |url=https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/womens-worldtour-ronde-van-drenthe/2023/result/history |access-date=2023-04-13 |website=www.procyclingstats.com}}</ref></small>
 
==References==
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== External links ==
* {{Official website|http://www.rondevandrenthe.nl/}} {{in lang|nl}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120504181357/http://www.cyclingwebsite.net/wedstrijdfiche.php?wedstrijdid=401 Cyclingwebsite.net list of men's winners]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120504181508/http://www.cyclingwebsite.net/wedstrijdfiche.php?wedstrijdid=2031 Cyclingwebsite.net list of women's winners]
 
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