The Holland Hills Classic was a women's elite professional road bicycle race held annually between 2004 and 2016 in Limburg, the Netherlands. The race was categorised as a 1.1

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race, and was organised by the ''Stichting Holland Ladies Tour'', who also organised the

Holland Ladies Tour The Holland Ladies Tourhttp://www.hollandladiestour.nl/ Official site is a women's elite professional road bicycle racing stage race held annually in September since 1998 in the Netherlands. It's a tour with 6 or 7 stages. For sponsorship reasons ...

Sponsorship

For sponsorship reasons the race held the official titles of the ''Gulpen Hills Classic'' between 2004 and 2007, the ''Valkenburg Hills Classic'' in 2010, the ''Parkhotel Rooding Classic'' in 2011, the ''Parkhotel Valkenburg Hills Classic'' in 2012 and the '' Boels Rental Hills Classic'' from

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until

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History

In its first four years, the race was held in August with the start and finish in Gulpen. From 2008 to 2013, the start and finish were held in Valkenburg aan de Geul and in 2011 the race moved to the

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. From

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, the start was in

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and the finish was on top of the Geulhemmerberg hill in Berg en Terblijt. In September 2016, shortly after the organisers of the Amstel Gold Race announced their inaugural women's race for

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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

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said there would not be a Hills Classic in 2017.

Past winners

References

External links

*{{official website Recurring sporting events established in 2004 2004 establishments in the Netherlands Women's road bicycle races Cycle races in the Netherlands Recurring sporting events disestablished in 2016 2016 disestablishments in the Netherlands Defunct cycling races in the Netherlands Cycling in Limburg (Netherlands) Cycling in Sittard-Geleen Cycling in Valkenburg aan de Geul South Limburg (Netherlands)