Tour de Wallonie

Tour de Wallonie

Race details
Date	Late July - Early August
Region	Wallonia, Belgium
English name	Tour of Wallonia
Local name(s)	Tour de Wallonie (French)
Discipline	Road
Competition	UCI Europe Tour
Type	Stage-race
History
First edition	1974 (1974)
Editions	38 (as of 2011)
First winner	Joona Laukka (FIN)
Most wins	Mario Kummer (DDR) (2 wins)
Most recent	Greg Van Avermaet (BEL)

The Tour de Wallonie is a stage race cycling race on the UCI Europe Tour. It runs in Wallonia, the French-speaking part of Belgium in the end of July. Between 1974 and 1995 it was reserved to amateurs. Since 2005, the race has been organized as a 2.HC event on the UCI Europe Tour

Winners

		Rider	Team
1974	BEL !	Demets, LucLuc Demets (BEL)
1975	BEL !	Vandenbroucke, Jean-LucJean-Luc Vandenbroucke (BEL)
1976	BEL !	Leurquin, PierrePierre Leurquin (BEL)
1977	BEL !	De Wolf, AlfonsAlfons De Wolf (BEL)
1978	NED !	Maas, JoJo Maas (NED)
1979	BEL !	Van Holen, RonnyRonny Van Holen (BEL)
1980	BEL !	Van Gestel, GerritGerrit Van Gestel (BEL)
1981	BEL !	Edmonds, NicoNico Edmonds (BEL)
1982	BEL !	Vanderaerden, EricEric Vanderaerden (BEL)
1983	POL !	Krawczyk, TadeuszTadeusz Krawczyk (POL)
1984	DDR !	Kummer, MarioMario Kummer (DDR)
1985	DDR !	Ampler, UweUwe Ampler (DDR)
1986	ITA !	Fondriest, MaurizioMaurizio Fondriest (ITA)
1987	DDR !	Kummer, MarioMario Kummer (DDR)
1988	NED !	Van Adrichem, JoostJoost Van Adrichem (NED)
1989	BEL !	Verstrepen, JohanJohan Verstrepen (BEL)
1990	FRA !	Chanteur, PascalPascal Chanteur (FRA)
1991	ESP !	Olano, AbrahamAbraham Olano (ESP)
1992	GER !	Teutenberg, LarsLars Teutenberg (GER)
1993	ITA !	Bettin, MauroMauro Bettin (ITA)
1994	FIN !	Laukka, JoonaJoona Laukka (FIN)
1995	ITA !	Valoti, PaoloPaolo Valoti (ITA)
1996	GER !	Fleischer, ThomasThomas Fleischer (GER)	Lotto
1997	BEL !	Marichal, ThierryThierry Marichal (BEL)	Cédico
1998	BEL !	Vandenbroucke, FrankFrank Vandenbroucke (BEL)	Mapei-Bricobi
1999	DEN !	Kyneb, MikaelMikael Kyneb (DEN)	Team home-Jack & Jones
2000	BEL !	Merckx, AxelAxel Merckx (BEL)	Mapei-Quick Step
2001	BEL !	Dhollander, GlennGlenn D'Hollander (BEL)	Lotto-Adecco
2002	ITA !	Bettini, PaoloPaolo Bettini (ITA)	Mapei-Quick Step
2003	NZL !	Dean, JulianJulian Dean (NZL)	CSC-Tiscali
2004	NED !	Lowik, GerbenGerben Löwik (NED)	Chocolade Jacques-Wincor Nixdorf
2005	ITA !	Celli, LucaLuca Celli (ITA)	Barloworld
2006	ITA !	Guidi, FabrizioFabrizio Guidi (ITA)	Phonak
2007	SLO !	Bozic, BorutBorut Božič (SLO)	Team LPR
2008	RUS !	Ivanov, SergeiSergei Ivanov (RUS)	Astana
2009	FRA !	El Fares, JulienJulien El Fares (FRA)	Cofidis
2010	GBR !	Downing, RussellRussell Downing (GBR)	Team Sky
2011	BEL !	Van Avermaet, GregGreg Van Avermaet (BEL)	BMC Racing Team

External links

• Official website (French)