Parel van de Veluwe
Road race
Regionthe Netherlands
EnglishPearl of the Veluwe
LocalnamesWomen: Memorial Connie Meijer Trofee
DisciplineRoad
OrganiserWielervereniging De IJsselstreek
First1988
Number31
Final2019
FirstwinnerHarm Jansen (Netherlands)
MostwinsDennis Smit (Netherlands) (2 wins)
MostrecentMax Kroonen (Netherlands)
First women1985
Number women32
Final women2018
Firstwinner womenHennie Top (Netherlands)
Mostwins womenDebby Mansveld (Netherlands) (4 wins)
Mostrecent womenLorena Wiebes (Netherlands)

The Parel van de Veluwe (English: Pearl of the Veluwe) was an amateur road bicycle race held in the Netherlands for men and women, that was held between 1985 and 2019.[1][2] After not being held in 2020, race organisers Wielervereniging De IJsselstreek announced that December that they would no longer organise the race.[3]

Honours

Women's

YearWinnerSecondThird
1985Hennie Top (Netherlands)Gonnie van Koert (Netherlands)Monique Kaufmann (Netherlands)
1986Anita Griep (Netherlands)Moniquede Waal (Netherlands)Cynthia Lutke Schipholt (Netherlands)
1987Cynthia Lutke Schipholt (Netherlands)Jolanda Cools (Netherlands)Sandy Lutke Schipholt (Netherlands)
1988Connie Meijer (Netherlands)Gré Tijmes (Netherlands)Cora Westland (Netherlands)
1989Monique Knol (Netherlands)Daniëlle Overgaag (Netherlands)Gré Tijmes (Netherlands)
1990Kristel Werks (Belgium)Cora Westland (Netherlands)Monique Knol (Netherlands)
1991Monique de Bruin (Netherlands)Petra de Bruin (Netherlands)Esther van Verseveld (Netherlands)
1992Monique Knol (Netherlands)Petra van der Giessen (Netherlands)Marina van Hest (Netherlands)
1993Daniëlle Overgaag (Netherlands)Angela van Smoorenburg (Netherlands)Wendy Kramp (Netherlands)
1994Vanja Vonkx (Belgium)Daniëlle Overgaag (Netherlands)Hester Marieke Kroes (Netherlands)
1995Debby Mansveld (Netherlands)Nathalie Nelemans (Netherlands)Janneke Vos (Netherlands)
1996Debby Mansveld (Netherlands)Sissy van Alebeek (Netherlands)Marion Borst (Netherlands)
1997Vanja Vonkx (Belgium)Wendy Kramp (Netherlands)Hester Marieke Kroes (Netherlands)
1998Leontien van Moorsel (Netherlands)Marion van Zuilen (Netherlands)Marije Gemser (Netherlands)
1999Debby Mansveld (Netherlands)Sonja van Kuik (Netherlands)Vanja Vonkx (Belgium)
2000Mirjam Melchers (Netherlands)Leontien van Moorsel (Netherlands)Sonja van Kuik (Netherlands)
2001colspan=3
2002Sandra Missbach (Germany)Yvonne Brunen (Netherlands)Leontien van Moorsel (Netherlands)
2003Debby Mansveld (Netherlands)Bertine Spijkerman (Netherlands)Kristy Miggels (Netherlands)
2004Chantal Beltman (Netherlands)Janneke Vos (Netherlands)Sissy van Alebeek (Netherlands)
2005Sara Carrigan (Australia)Suzanne de Goede (Netherlands)Christine Mos (Netherlands)
2006Monica Holler (Sweden)Ellen van Dijk (Netherlands)Inge Velthuis (Netherlands)
2007Vera Koedooder (Netherlands)Moniek Rotmensen (Netherlands)Mirjam Melchers (Netherlands)
2008Marianne Vos (Netherlands)Kirsten Wild (Netherlands)Martine Bras (Netherlands)
2009Chantal Blaak (Netherlands)Chantal Beltman (Netherlands)Loes Gunnewijk (Netherlands)
2010Marianne Vos (Netherlands)Martine Bras (Netherlands)Ellen van Dijk (Netherlands)
2011Kirsten Wild (Netherlands)Adrie Visser (Netherlands)Janneke Kanis (Netherlands)
2012Kim de Baat (Netherlands)Karen Elzing (Netherlands)Linda Ringlever (Netherlands)
2013Iris Slappendel (Netherlands)Vera Koedooder (Netherlands)Roxane Knetemann (Netherlands)
2014Floortje Mackaij (Netherlands)Sara Mustonen (Sweden)Roxane Knetemann (Netherlands)
2015Monique van de Ree (Netherlands)Vera Koedooder (Netherlands)Natalie van Gogh (Netherlands)
2016Annemiek van Vleuten (Netherlands)Janneke Ensing (Netherlands)Demi de Jong (Netherlands)
2017colspan=3
2018Lorena Wiebes (Netherlands)Danique Braam (Netherlands)Femke Markus (Netherlands)
2019colspan=3 rowspan=2
2020

Source[2][4]

Men's

YearWinnerSecondThird
1988Harm Jansen (Netherlands)Godert de Leeuw (Netherlands)Freddy Wolsink (Netherlands)
1989John de Haas (Netherlands)Dennis Huenders (Netherlands)Rudy Nagengast (Netherlands)
1990Remco Startman (Netherlands)Godert de Leeuw (Netherlands)Harm Jansen (Netherlands)
1991Arjen Vinke (Netherlands)Remco Startman (Netherlands)Mano Lubbers (Netherlands)
1992Richard Mulder (Netherlands)Martin van Steen (Netherlands)Patrick Rasch (Netherlands)
1993Paul Konings (Netherlands)John-Paul van Ameele (Netherlands)Peter Tates (Netherlands)
1994Rob Compas (Netherlands)Patrick de Boer (Netherlands)Bert Hiemstra (Netherlands)
1995Bennie Gosink (Netherlands)Jan de Leeuw (Netherlands)Bert Hiemstra (Netherlands)
1996Louis de Koning (Netherlands)Paul van Schalen (Netherlands)Rob Froeling (Netherlands)
1997Harald Dat (Netherlands)Wilco Zuijderwijk (Netherlands)Angelo van Melis (Netherlands)
1998Ronald van der Tang (Netherlands)Godert de Leeuw (Netherlands)Maikel den Ouden (Netherlands)
1999Peter van de Reep (Netherlands)Rick Pieterse (Netherlands)Sander Hup (Netherlands)
2000Angelo van Melis (Netherlands)Tom Cordes (Netherlands)John den Braber (Netherlands)
2001colspan=3
2002Wilco Zuijderwijk (Netherlands)Kenny van Hummel (Netherlands)Martijn Albers (Netherlands)
2003Tom Veelers (Netherlands)Pascal Hermes (Netherlands)Marc de Maar (CUR)
2004Dennis Smit (Netherlands)Marcel Alma (Netherlands)Roel de Vries (Netherlands)
2005Bastiaan Krol (Netherlands)Arno Wallaard (Netherlands)Wilco Zuiderwijk (Netherlands)
2006Peter Schep (Netherlands)Ferdi van Katwijk (Netherlands)Arnoud van Groen (Netherlands)
2007Marvin van der Pluijm (Netherlands)Marco Bos (Netherlands)Berry Nagelhout (Netherlands)
2008Lieuwe Westra (Netherlands)Yvo Kusters (Netherlands)Marvin van der Pluijm (Netherlands)
2009Jetse Bol (Netherlands)Rik Kavsek (Netherlands)Marc Reef (Netherlands)
2010René Hooghiemster (Netherlands)Roy Eefting (Netherlands)Peter Jan Polling (Netherlands)
2011Dennis Smit (Netherlands)Arno van der Zwet (Netherlands)Stefan Poutsma (Netherlands)
2012Dylan Groenewegen (Netherlands)Yoeri Havik (Netherlands)Daan Meijers (Netherlands)
2013Jim van den Berg (Netherlands)Jeff Vermeulen (Netherlands)Koos Jeroen Kers (Netherlands)
2014Maurits Lammertink (Netherlands)Jim van den Berg (Netherlands)Yoeri Havik (Netherlands)
2015Jeff Vermeulen (Netherlands)Johim Ariesen (Netherlands)Oscar Riesebeek (Netherlands)
2016Jasper Hamelink (Netherlands)Rens te Stroet (Netherlands)Mitchell Mulhern (Australia)
2017Ronan van Zandbeek (Netherlands)Nick van der Meer (Netherlands)David Dekker (Netherlands)
2018Jelle Wolsink (Netherlands)Wiebe Scholten (Netherlands)Robin Löwik (Netherlands)
2019Max Kroonen (Netherlands)Jarno Gmelich (Netherlands)Marien Bogerd (Netherlands)
2020colspan=3

Source[1]

References

  1. ^ "Parel van de Veluwe". cyclingarchives.com. Archived from the original on June 28, 2013. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
  2. ^ "Parel van de Veluwe (F)". cyclingarchives.com. Archived from the original on June 28, 2013. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
  3. ^ Schriemer, Roy (1 December 2020). "IJsselstreek raakt Parel van de Veluwe kwijt en krijgt Omloop van Staverden terug" [IJsselstreek loses Pearl of the Veluwe and gets Omloop van Staverden back] (in Dutch). De Stentor. DPG Media. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  4. ^ List of winners women Archived 2018-06-12 at the Wayback Machine Stichting WV De IJsselstreek.nl/parelvandeveluwe. Retrieved 9 June 2018.