Tour de Luxembourg

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Tour de Luxembourg
Race details
Date Early June
Region Luxembourg
English name Tour of Luxembourg
Discipline Road
Competition UCI Europe Tour
Type Stage-race
History
First edition 1935 (1935)
Editions 75 (as of 2015)
First winner  Mathias Clemens (LUX)
Most wins  Mathias Clemens (LUX) (5 wins)
Most recent  Linus Gerdemann (GER)

The Tour de Luxembourg is an annual stage race in professional road bicycle racing held in Luxembourg. The Tour de Luxembourg is classified as a 2.HC, the highest rating below the World Tour, by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), the sport's governing body. In 2006, the Tour was part of the UCI Europe Tour. Held in late May to early June, the event is sometimes used by riders as a preparation race for the Tour de France.[1]

Winners

Rider Team
1935 Luxembourg Mathias Clemens (LUX)
1936 Luxembourg Mathias Clemens (LUX)
1937 Luxembourg Mathias Clemens (LUX)
1938 Belgium Lucien Vlaeminck (BEL)
1939 Luxembourg Mathias Clemens (LUX)
1940–
1945
No race
1946 Belgium Brik Schotte (BEL)
1947 Luxembourg Mathias Clemens (LUX)
1948 Luxembourg Jean Goldschmit (LUX)
1949 Luxembourg Bim Diederich (LUX)
1950 Belgium Isidore De Ryck (BEL)
1951 Luxembourg Marcel Ernzer (LUX)
1952 Luxembourg Jeng Kirchen (LUX)
1953 Belgium Robert Vanderstockt (BEL)
1954 Luxembourg Jempy Schmitz (LUX)
1955 France Louison Bobet (FRA)
1956 Luxembourg Charly Gaul (LUX)
1957 France Gérard Saint (FRA)
1958 Luxembourg Jempy Schmitz (LUX)
1959 Luxembourg Charly Gaul (LUX)
1960 Luxembourg Marcel Ernzer (LUX)
1961 Luxembourg Charly Gaul (LUX)
1962 Belgium Jeff Plankaert (BEL)
1963 Belgium Yvo Molenaers (BEL)
1964 Netherlands Arie Den Hartog (NED)
1965 United Kingdom Vin Denson (GBR)
1966 Luxembourg Edy Schütz (LUX)
1967 Belgium Frans Brands (BEL)
1968 Luxembourg Edy Schütz (LUX)
1969 Italy Davide Boifava (ITA)
1970 Luxembourg Edy Schütz (LUX)
1971 Belgium André Dierickx (BEL)
1972 Belgium Roger Rosiers (BEL)
1973 France Sylvain Vasseur (FRA)
1974 Belgium Freddy Maertens (BEL)
1975 Belgium Frans Verbeeck (BEL)
1976 Belgium Frans Verbeeck (BEL)
1977 Netherlands Bert Pronk (NED)
1978 Belgium Ludo Peeters (BEL)
1979 Luxembourg Lucien Didier (LUX)
1980 Netherlands Bert Oosterbosch (NED)
1981 Soviet Union Youri Barinov (URS)
1982 France Bernard Hinault (FRA)
1983 Luxembourg Lucien Didier (LUX)
1984 France Christophe Lavainne (FRA)
1985 Netherlands Jelle Nijdam (NED)
1986 Netherlands Steven Rooks (NED)
1987 Denmark Sören Lilholt (DEN)
1988 Switzerland Richard Trinkler (SUI)
1989 Netherlands Michel Cornelisse (NED)
1990 France Christophe Lavainne (FRA)
1991 Netherlands Gert-Jan Theunisse (NED)
1992 France Jean-Philippe Dojwa (FRA)
1993 Italy Maximilian Sciandri (ITA)
1994 Netherlands Frans Maassen (NED)
1995 Switzerland Rolf Järmann (SUI)
1996 Italy Alberto Elli (ITA)
1997 Belgium Frank Vandenbroucke (BEL) Mapei–GB
1998 United States Lance Armstrong (USA) U.S. Postal Service
1999 Belgium Marc Wauters (BEL) Rabobank
2000 Italy Alberto Elli (ITA) Team Telekom
2001 Denmark Jørgen Bo Petersen (DEN) Team Fakta
2002 Sweden Marcus Ljungqvist (SWE) Team Fakta
2003 France Thomas Voeckler (FRA) Brioches La Boulangère
2004 Belgium Maxime Monfort (BEL) Landbouwkrediet–Colnago
2005 Hungary Laszlo Bodrogi  (HUN) Crédit Agricole
2006 United States Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC
2007 Switzerland Grégory Rast (SUI) Astana
2008 Netherlands Joost Posthuma (NED) Rabobank
2009 Luxembourg Fränk Schleck (LUX) Team Saxo Bank
2010 Italy Matteo Carrara (ITA) Vacansoleil
2011 Germany Linus Gerdemann (GER) Leopard Trek
2012 Denmark Jakob Fuglsang (DEN) RadioShack–Nissan
2013 Germany Paul Martens (GER) Blanco Pro Cycling
2014 Denmark Matti Breschel (DEN) Tinkoff–Saxo
2015 Germany Linus Gerdemann (GER) Cult Energy Pro Cycling

References

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