Acht van Chaam | |
Date: | End of July |
Region: | Chaam, Netherlands |
English: | Eight of Chaam |
Localnames: | Acht van Chaam |
Discipline: | Road race |
Type: | Criterium |
First: | Men: Women: |
Number: | Men: 75 (as of 2013) Women: 12 (as of 2012) |
Firstwinner: | Men Women |
Mostwins: | Men Women |
Mostrecent: | Men Women |
Acht van Chaam (en|Eight of Chaam) is an elite men's and women's professional road bicycle racing event held annually in Chaam, Netherlands. The first edition was in 1932 and since 1992 the event also includes a women's race.[1] [2]
Source:
Year | Winner | Second | Third | |
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1992 | Monique Knol | M. Groen | A. Artmann | |
2001 | Leontien Zijlaard-van Moorsel | Andrea Bosman | Sandra Rombouts | |
2002 | Leontien Zijlaard-van Moorsel | Madeleine Lindberg | Sandra Rombouts | |
2003 | Vera Koedooder | Ghita Beltman | Elsbeth Van Rooy-Vink | |
2004 | Leontien Zijlaard-van Moorsel | Arenda Grimberg | Daphny van den Brand | |
2005 | no women's race | |||
2006 | Suzanne de Goede | Sandra Rombouts | Marianne Vos | |
2007 | Marianne Vos | Ellen van Dijk | Regina Bruins | |
2008 | Vera Koedooder | Jaccolien Wallaard | Lizzie Armitstead | |
2009 | Marianne Vos | Nikki Harris | Arenda Grimberg | |
2010 | Chantal Blaak | Hanka Kupfernagel | Loes Gunnewijk | |
2011 | Marianne Vos | Vera Koedooder | Sarah Düster | |
2012 | Nina Kessler | Esra Tromp | Rebecca Talen | |
2013 | Thalita de Jong | Amy Pieters | Loes Gunnewijk | |
2014 | Marianne Vos | Vera Koedooder | Thalita de Jong | |
2015 | Thalita de Jong | Hanka Kupfernagel | Vera Koedooder | |
2016 | Marianne Vos | Anna van der Breggen | Thalita de Jong | |
2017 | Marianne Vos | Anna van der Breggen | Nina Kessler | |
2018 | Marianne Vos | Lauretta Hanson | Natalie van Gogh |
Since 1971 the competition was organized by Theo van der Westerlaken (1949 – 14 July 2020), the son of the founder of Acht van Chaam. For his works he was awarded by the Royal Dutch Cycling Union with the "Gouden Wiel" (translated: Golden Wheel) in July 2020.[5] A week later van der Westerlaken died on 14 July due to an illness, aged 71. A plaque on the cycling monument opposite his house in the center of Chaam will be placed by the board of Acht van Chaam.[6]