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The Ster Elektrotoer is a Dutch stage race that ventures into Belgium. In 2009 it had five stages with the first leg being a 6.9 km individual time trial. It's had several name changes over the years. The race is generally run in the Limburg region of The Netherlands with some trips into the Belgian Ardennes.
From 1987 to 1989 it was the Rondom Schijndel and was for amateurs
1990 to 1997 it was the Teleflex Tour. In 1996 it was made a professional race.
1998 to 2000 the name was Ster der Beloften.
In 2001 it was given its current name, Ster Elektrotoer.
The Ster Elektrotoer is currently (2009) held in mid-June. It was a September race until 2004.
Year
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1st Place
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2nd Place
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3rd Place
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Distance
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Average Speed
km/hr
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| 1996 |
Tyler Hamilton
24hr 30min 57sec |
Nate Reiss
@ 13sec |
Danny Nelissen
@ 25sec |
1022.1 km |
41.691 |
| 1997 |
Eddy Bouwmans
24hr 32min 29sec |
Bert Hiemstra
@ 10sec |
Wim Van De Meulenhof
@ 38sec |
1010.5 km |
41.175 |
| 1998 |
Karsten Kroon
15hr 28min 48sec |
Ralf Grabsch
@ 3sec |
Bjørnar Vestøl
@ 9sec |
639.9 km |
41.337 |
| 1999 |
Ralf Grabsch
16hr 50min 57sec |
Frank McCormack
@ 6sec |
Erwin Thijs
@ 16sec |
703.3 km |
41.741 |
| 2000 |
Andy De Smet
18hr 15min 39sec |
Bram Tankink
@ 17sec |
Andrei Kashechkin
@ 35sec |
718 km |
39.319 |
| 2001 |
Xavier Jan
20hr 1min 30sec |
Marcel Strauss
@ 4sec |
René Haselbacher
@ 19sec |
841.3 km |
42.012 |
| 2002 |
Bart Voskamp
21hr 8min 16sec |
Bram Schmitz
@ 2sec |
Michael Boogerd
@ 3sec |
894.9 km |
42.337 |
| 2003 |
Gerben Löwik
18hr 1min 42sec |
Niels Scheuneman
@ 48sec |
Rik Reinerink
@ 1min 32sec |
766.8 km |
42.533 |
| 2004 |
Nick Nuyens
19hr 9min 33sec |
Paul Van Hyfte
@ 35sec |
Philippe Gilbert
@ 55sec |
776.1 km |
40.508 |
| 2005 |
Stefan Schumacher
15hr 15min 6sec |
Nick Nuyens
@ 1sec |
Laurens Ten Dam
@ 25sec |
639.2 km |
41.910 |
| 2006 |
Kurt-Asle Arvesen
14hr 38min 21sec |
Jurgen Van De Walle
@ 20sec |
Paolo Bossoni
@ 36sec |
638.4 km |
43.609 |
| 2007 |
Sebastian Langeveld
16hr 55min 22sec |
Paul Martens
@ 2sec |
Kurt-Asle Arvesen
@ 6sec |
709.2 km |
41.908 |
| 2008 |
Enrico Gasparotto
16hr 49min 14sec |
Vasili Kiryienka
@ 17sec |
Nikolai Trusov
@ 23sec |
695.2 km |
41.389 |
| 2009 |
Philippe Gilbert
17hr 23min 33sec |
Niki Terpstra
@ 2sec |
Borut Bozic
@ 9sec |
728.9 km |
41.908 |
| 2010 |
Adam Hansen
16hr 33min 43sec |
Johan Coenen
@ 15sec |
Thomas De Gendt
@ 16sec |
698.8 km |
42.193 |
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