49th Olympia's Ronde - 2.5

Netherlands, May 20-28, 2000

The Stages

• Prologue - May 20: Tilburg, ITT 6.2 km
• Stage 1 - May 21: Tilburg - Tilburg, 150 km
• Stage 2 - May 22: Tilburg - Rockanje, 189 km
• Stage 3 - May 23: Rockanje - Ossendrecht, 162.5 km
• Stage 4 - May 24: Buchten - Buchten, 184.7 km
• Stage 5 - May 25: Born - Rhenoy, 188.6 km
• Stage 6 - May 26: Nieuwleusen - Bedum, 135 km
• Stage 7 - May 26: Bedum, ITT, 23 km
• Stage 8 - May 27: Bedum - Almere, 196.5 km
• Stage 9 - May 28: Almere - Amsterdam, 145 km

Preview

The UCI class 2.5 Olympia's Ronde commences on May 20 in Tilburg, running for nine days until May 28. It is primarily a tour for amateurs and division III teams while there are several other big tours going on. The teams include: Van Vliet, Rabobank (amateurs), MGI-Fietsen, Piels-Gazelle, Tegeltoko, BankGiroLoterij, AXA, Wilton, Modderkolk, Tuul Olma (Finland), Italian national track team, Spar-Oki (Belgium), Moscow Sport (Russia), Hohenfelder (Germany), KIA Villiger (Switzerland), and the British national team.

Past winners

Year   First                    Second

1909   Chris Kalkman (Ned)      G. van Staveren (Ned)
1910   A. Bellersen (Ned)       G. Fran (Ned)
1927   R. Wölke (Ger)           Adrianus Braspenninx (Ned)
1955   P. Kooiman (Ned)         Krijn Post (Ned)
1956   Cees van der Zande (Ned) Leo van der Brand (Ned)
1957   A. Roks (Ned)            J. Huyssoon (Ned)
1958   Ab van Egmond (Ned)      Piet Steenvoorden (Ned)
1959   Huub Zilverberg (Ned)    Joop van der Putten (Ned)
1960   Gerard Wesseling (Ned)   N. Walravens (Ned)
1961   Mik Snijder (Ned)        Henk Nijdam (Ned)
1962   Henk Nijdam (Ned)        A. den Hartog (Ned)
1963   J. Dries (Bel)           J. Stevens (Bel)
1964   Cor Schuuring (Ned)      Jos van der Vleuten (Ned)
1965   Harrie Steevens (Ned)    Dies Kosten (Ned)
1966   Jan van der Horst (Ned)  P. Heijnig (Ned)
1967   Cees Zoontjes (Ned)      M. Wagtmans (Ned)
1968   Leen de Groot (Ned)      N. Bakker (Ned)
1969   P. Legierse (Ned)        P. van der Kruys (Ned)
1970   F. Schür (Ned)           Jo van der Pol (Ned)
1971   Cees Priem (Ned)         Jan Aling (Ned)
1972   F. Schür (Ned)           Jan Spetgens (Ned)
1973   F. den Hartog (Ned)      A. van der Broek (Ned)
1974   Roy Schuiten (Ned)       A. Dekkers (Ned)
1975   Hans Langerijs (Ned)     André Gevers (Ned)
1976   Leo van Vliet (Ned)      A. Hassink (Ned)
1977   A. Hassink (Ned)         Jos Lammertink (Ned)
1978   A. Hassink (Ned)         Jan van Houwelingen (Ned)
1979   Jos Lammertink (Ned)     Ad Wijnands (Ned)
1980   O. Logvin (USSR)         V. Dedenov (USSR)
1981   G. Schipper (Ned)        Gerrit Solleveld (Ned)
1982   Gerrit Solleveld (Ned)   A. Krasnov (USSR)
1983   M. Hering (DDR)          G. Schipper (Ned)
1984   A. Saitov (USSR)         F. Boden (DDR)
1985   John Talen (Ned)         P. Steevenhage (Ned)
1986   B. Dittert (DDR)         John Talen (Ned)
1987   J. Bol (Ned)             Eddy Schurer (Ned)
1988   D. Meier (DDR)           Carsten Wolf (DDR)
1989   Thomas Liese (DDR)       Maarten den Bakker (Ned)
1990   Wilco Zuiderwijk (Ned)   R. Startman (Ned)
1991   Ad Tak (Ned)             Erik Dekker (Ned)
1992   Servais Knaven (Ned)     Leon van Bon (Ned)
1993   Servais Knaven (Ned)     M. van der Vliet (Ned)
1994   Henk Vogels (Aus)        Godert de Leeuw (Ned)
1995   Danny Nelissen (Ned)     Hendrik van Dijk (Ned)
1996   Cristiano Citton (Ita)   Peter Rogers (Aus)
1997   Remco van der Ven (Ned)  John van den Akker (Ned)
1998   Matthé Pronk (Ned)       Marcel Duijn (Ned)
1999   Marcel Duijn (Ned)       Mathew Hayman (Aus)