Tour de Wallonie

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Tour de Wallonie
Race details
Date Late July - Early August
Region Wallonie, Belgium
English name Tour of Wallonia
Local name(s) Tour de Wallonie (French)
Discipline Road
Competition UCI Europe Tour
Type Stage-race
History
First edition 1994
Editions 14 (as of 2007)
First winner Flag of Finland Joona Laukka
Most recent Flag of Slovenia Borut Božič

The Tour de Wallonie is a stage race cycling race on the UCI Europe Tour. It runs in Wallonia, the French-speaking part of Belgium. Since 2005, the race has been organized as a 2.HC event on the UCI Europe Tour

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Rider Team
1994 Flag of Finland Joona Laukka
1995 Flag of Italy Paolo Valoti Elite
1996 Flag of Germany Thomas Fleischer Lotto
1997 Flag of Belgium Thierry Marichal Cédico
1998 Flag of Belgium Frank Vandenbroucke Mapei-Bricobi
1999 Flag of Denmark Mikael-Holst Kyneb Team Home-Jack&Jones
2000 Flag of Belgium Axel Merckx Mapei-Quick Step
Rider Team
2001 Flag of Belgium Glen D'Hollander Lotto-Adecco
2002 Flag of Italy Paolo Bettini Mapei-Quick Step
2003 Flag of New Zealand Julian Dean Team CSC
2004 Flag of the Netherlands Gerben Löwik Chocolade Jacques-Wincor Nixdorf
2005 Flag of Italy Luca Celli Team Barloworld-Valsir
2006 Flag of Italy Fabrizio Guidi Phonak Hearing Systems
2007 Flag of Slovenia Borut Božič Team L.P.R.

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