In all years except for 2013, the riders started in Rotterdam, finishing the first day in Antwerp before riding in the opposite direction on the second and final day. A leader's jersey was awarded to the winner of the first stage,[1] to be defended on the second stage.
The inaugural event commenced on 31 August 2012[2][3] with the first stage being won by Tom Boonen ahead of André Greipel and Alexander Kristoff. The second stage was won by Theo Bos ahead of Greipel and Boonen. Boonen won the overall classification and the points classification with Kristoff winning the youth classification.
The 2013 event, the only edition that started with the Antwerp–Rotterdam stage first, was won by Nikolas Maes of Belgium, while Bos won in 2014.
^"New Race: Rotterdam-Antwerp and back" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2011-09-26.
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world, ports, classic, european, cycle, race, held, between, port, cities, rotterdam, antwerp, organized, event, europe, tour, race, held, between, 2012, 2015, race, detailsdateaugust, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, regionnetherlands, belgiumenglish, namedisciplinero. The World Ports Classic was a European two day cycle race held between the port cities of Rotterdam and Antwerp organized by ASO as a 2 1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The race was held between 2012 and 2015 World Ports ClassicRace detailsDateAugust 2012 2013 May 2014 2015 RegionNetherlands and BelgiumEnglish nameWorld Ports ClassicDisciplineRoadCompetitionUCI Europe TourTypeStage raceOrganiserAmaury Sport OrganisationWeb sitewww wbr letour wbr fr wbr world ports classic wbr HistoryFirst edition2012 2012 Editions4Final edition2015First winner Tom Boonen BEL Most winsNo repeat winnersFinal winner Kris Boeckmans BEL In all years except for 2013 the riders started in Rotterdam finishing the first day in Antwerp before riding in the opposite direction on the second and final day A leader s jersey was awarded to the winner of the first stage 1 to be defended on the second stage Contents 1 History 2 Winners 3 References 4 External linksHistory editThe inaugural event commenced on 31 August 2012 2 3 with the first stage being won by Tom Boonen ahead of Andre Greipel and Alexander Kristoff The second stage was won by Theo Bos ahead of Greipel and Boonen Boonen won the overall classification and the points classification with Kristoff winning the youth classification The 2013 event the only edition that started with the Antwerp Rotterdam stage first was won by Nikolas Maes of Belgium while Bos won in 2014 The final edition in 2015 was won by Kris Boeckmans of Belgium Andrea Guardini won the first stage ahead of Yauheni Hutarovich and Boeckmans while Boeckmans won the second stage ahead of Danilo Napolitano and Alessandro Bazzana Winners editYear Country Rider Team 2012 nbsp Belgium Tom Boonen Omega Pharma Quick Step 2013 nbsp Belgium Nikolas Maes Omega Pharma Quick Step 2014 nbsp Netherlands Theo Bos Belkin Pro Cycling 2015 nbsp Belgium Kris Boeckmans Lotto SoudalReferences edit World Ports Classic in French Le Blog de l Ardoisier 2012 05 16 2011 2012 UCI Road Calendar UCI Europe Tour uci ch 2011 09 26 New Race Rotterdam Antwerp and back in Dutch sporza be 2011 09 26 External links editOfficial website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title World Ports Classic amp oldid 1199410097, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
