Volta Limburg Classic

The Volta Limburg Classic is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in late March or early April in Limburg, Netherlands. Since 2005, the race has been organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. Prior to 2012, the race was known as Hel van het Mergelland.

Volta Limburg Classic

Race details
Date	Early April
Region	Limburg, Netherlands
Local name(s)	Hel van het Mergelland (in Dutch)
Discipline	Road
Competition	UCI Europe Tour
Type	One-day race
Web site	www.voltalimburgclassic.nl
Men's race
First edition	1973 (1973)
Editions	50 (as of 2025)
First winner	Jan Spijker (NED)
Most wins	Raymond Meijs (NED) (4 wins)
Most recent	Dion Smith (NZ)
Women's race
First edition	2017 (2017)
Editions	7 (as of 2025)
First winner	Karol-Ann Canuel (CAN)
Most wins	no repeat winners
Most recent	Femke Gerritse (NED)

Winners

Men's race

Source:^[1]

Year	Country	Rider	Team
1973	Netherlands	Jan Spijker
1974	Netherlands	Toine van de Bunder
1975	Netherlands	Wil van Helvoirt
1976	Netherlands	Mathieu Dohmen
1977	Netherlands	Toine van de Bunder
1978	Netherlands	Toine van de Bunder
1979	Netherlands	Herman Snoeyink
1980	Netherlands	Pim Bosch
1981	Netherlands	René Koppert
1982	Netherlands	Peter Hofland
1983	Netherlands	Jan Peels
1984	Netherlands	Chris Koppert
1985	Netherlands	Stephan Räkers
1986	Netherlands	Marc van Orsouw
1987	Netherlands	Tom Cordes
1988	Netherlands	Gerrit Möhlmann
1989	Netherlands	Willem-Jan van Loenhout
1990	Netherlands	Raymond Meijs
1991	Netherlands	Rob Compas
1992	Netherlands	Martin van Steen
1993	Belgium	Erwin Thijs	Collstrop–Assur Carpets
1994	Netherlands	John van den Akker	Collstrop-Willy Naessens
1995	Netherlands	Max van Heeswijk	Motorola
1996	Netherlands	Lucien de Louw	Foreldorado-Golff
1997	Netherlands	Raymond Meijs	Foreldorado-Golff
1998	Netherlands	Raymond Meijs	Gerolsteiner
1999	Netherlands	Raymond Meijs	Cologne
2000	Germany	Bert Grabsch	Cologne
2001	No race
2002	Australia	Corey Sweet	BankGiroLoterij–Batavus
2003	Belgium	Wim van Huffel	Vlaanderen T-Interim
2004	Denmark	Allan Johansen	BankGiroLoterij
2005	Belgium	Nico Sijmens	Landbouwkrediet–Colnago
2006	Ukraine	Mikhaylo Khalilov	Team LPR
2007	Belgium	Nico Sijmens	Landbouwkrediet–Tönissteiner
2008	Germany	Tony Martin	Team High Road
2009	Italy	Mauro Finetto	CSF Group–Navigare
2010	France	Yann Huguet	Skil–Shimano
2011	Netherlands	Pim Ligthart	Vacansoleil–DCM
2012	Russia	Pavel Brutt	Team Katusha
2013	Germany	Rüdiger Selig	Team Katusha
2014	Netherlands	Moreno Hofland	Belkin Pro Cycling
2015	Switzerland	Stefan Küng	BMC Racing Team
2016	Netherlands	Floris Gerts	BMC Racing Team
2017	Italy	Marco Canola	Nippo–Vini Fantini
2018	Slovenia	Jan Tratnik	CCC–Sprandi–Polkowice
2019	Switzerland	Patrick Müller	Vital Concept–B&B Hotels
2020–2021	No race due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2022	Belgium	Arnaud de Lie	Lotto–Soudal
2023	Australia	Kaden Groves	Alpecin–Deceuninck
2024	Belgium	Timo Kielich	Alpecin–Deceuninck
2025	New Zealand	Dion Smith	Intermarché–Wanty

Women's race

Year	Country	Rider	Team
2017	Canada	Karol-Ann Canuel	Boels–Dolmans
2018	Netherlands	Belle de Gast	Parkhotel Valkenburg
2019	Netherlands	Demi Vollering	Parkhotel Valkenburg
2020–2021	No race due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2022	Netherlands	Amber Kraak	Team Jumbo–Visma
2023	Netherlands	Mischa Bredewold	SD Worx
2024	Netherlands	Femke Markus	Team SD Worx–Protime
2025	Netherlands	Femke Gerritse	Dutch National Team