Holland Hills Classic

The Holland Hills Classic, also called Boels Rental Hills Classic for sponsorship reasons, was a women's elite professional road bicycle race held annually between 2004 and 2016 in Limburg, the Netherlands. The race is a 1.1 UCI category race. The event is organized by the Stichting Holland Ladies Tour, who also organizes the Holland Ladies Tour. For sponsorship reasons the race has had the official titles: Gulpen Hills Classic (2004-2007), Valkenburg Hills Classic (2010), Parkhotel Rooding Classic (2011), Parkhotel Valkenburg Hills Classic (2012) and Boels Rental Hills Classic (2013-2016).[2]

Boels Rental Hills Classic
Race details
DateMay
RegionLimburg, The Netherlands
DisciplineRoad race
TypeSingle day race
OrganiserStichting Holland Ladies Tour
Race directorThijs Rondhuis
Web sitewww.hollandhillsclassic.eu
History
First edition2004 (2004)
Editions13
Final edition2016 (2016)
First winner Mirjam Melchers
Most wins Marianne Vos (3 wins)
Final winner Lizzie Armitstead[1]

The first four years the race was held in August, with the start and finish in Gulpen.[3] Since 2008 the start and finish were held in Valkenburg aan de Geul[4] and in 2011 the race moved on the calendar to the spring. Since 2014 the start has been in Sittard and the finish has been on top of the Geulhemmerberg hill in Berg en Terblijt.[5]

In September 2016, shortly after Amstel Gold Race announced their inaugural women's race for 2017 on mainly the same parcours, in the same region and in the same part of the season, the main sponsor Boels Rental and race director Thijs Rondhuis said there won't be a Hills Classic in 2017.[6]

Past winners
Year First Second Third
2004 Mirjam Melchers Leontien Van Moorsel Arenda Grimberg
2005 Anita Valen De Vries Trixi Worrack Arenda Grimberg
2006 Theresa Senff Marianne Vos Suzanne de Goede
2007 Marianne Vos Susanne Ljungskog Andrea Graus
2008 Larissa Kleinmann Elisabeth Braam Vera Koedooder
2009 Marianne Vos Petra Dijkman Emma Johansson
2010 Grace Verbeke Chantal Blaak Iris Slappendel
2011 Marianne Vos Marieke van Wanroij Jessie Daams
2012 Annemiek van Vleuten Marianne Vos Sharon Laws
2013 Ashleigh Moolman Annemiek van Vleuten Lizzie Armitstead
2014 Emma Johansson Ellen van Dijk Amy Pieters
2015 Lizzie Armitstead Emma Johansson Katarzyna Niewiadoma
2016 Lizzie Armitstead Annemiek van Vleuten Ashleigh Moolman

References
  1. "Results 2016". ProCyclingStats.com. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
  2. "Parkhotel Valkenburg Hills Classic". CQ ranking.com. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
  3. "Gulpen Hills Classic". Gulpen-Wittem.nl. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
  4. "Holland Hills Classic verhuist naar Valkenburg". L1.nl. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
  5. "Emma Johansson wins Boels Rental Hills Classic 2014". Cyclingfever.com. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
  6. "Boels trekt stekker uit Hills Classic" (in Dutch). 1Limburg.nl. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
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