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{{Short description|Dutch one-day road cycling race}}
{{Infobox cycling race
| name        = Volta Limburg Classic
| image       = [[File:Hel van het Mergelland logo.jpg|230px]]
| date        = Early April
| region      = Limburg, Netherlands
| english     = 
| localnames  = Hel van het Mergelland {{in lang|nl}}
| nickname    = 
| discipline  = [[Road bicycle racing|Road]]
| competition = [[UCI Europe Tour]]
| type        = One-day race
| organiser   = 
| director    = 
| first       = {{start date|1973}}
| number      = 50 (as of 2025)
| last        = 
| history     = Men's race
| firstwinner = {{flagathlete|[[Jan Spijker]]|NED}}
| mostwins    = {{flagathlete|[[Raymond Meijs]]|NED}} ''(4 wins)''
| mostrecent  = {{flagathlete|[[Dion Smith]]|NZ}}
| history_women = Women's race
| first_women = {{start date|2017}}
| number_women = 7 (as of 2025)
| last_women  = 
| firstwinner_women = {{flagathlete|[[Karol-Ann Canuel]]|CAN}}
| mostwins_women = ''no repeat winners''
| mostrecent_women = {{flagathlete|[[Femke Gerritse]]|NED}} 
}}
'''The Volta Limburg Classic''' is a single-day [[road bicycle race]] held annually in late March or early April in [[Limburg (Netherlands)|Limburg]], Netherlands. Since 2005, the race has been organized as a [[UCI race classifications|1.1]] event on the [[UCI Europe Tour]]. Prior to 2012, the race was known as '''Hel van het Mergelland'''.

==Winners==
===Men's race=== 
Source:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/volta-limburg-classic/history|title=Top 3 per edition|publisher=ProCyclingStats |access-date=12 December 2019}}</ref>
{{Cycling past winner start}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1973|name={{sortname|Jan|Spijker}}|nat=NED|natvar=|team=}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1974|name={{sortname|Toine van de|Bunder}}|nat=NED|natvar=|team=}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1975|name={{sortname|Wil van|Helvoirt}}|nat=NED|natvar=|team=}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1976|name={{sortname|Mathieu|Dohmen}}|nat=NED|natvar=|team=}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1977|name={{sortname|Toine van de|Bunder}}|nat=NED|natvar=|team=}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1978|name={{sortname|Toine van de|Bunder}}|nat=NED|natvar=|team=}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1979|name={{sortname|Herman|Snoeyink}}|nat=NED|natvar=|team=}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1980|name={{sortname|Pim|Bosch}}|nat=NED|natvar=|team=}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1981|name={{sortname|René|Koppert||Koppert, Rene}}|nat=NED|natvar=|team=}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1982|name={{sortname|Peter|Hofland}}|nat=NED|natvar=|team=}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1983|name={{sortname|Jan|Peels}}|nat=NED|natvar=|team=}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1984|name={{sortname|Chris|Koppert}}|nat=NED|natvar=|team=}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1985|name={{sortname|Stephan|Räkers||Rakers, Stephan}}|nat=NED|natvar=|team=}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1986|name={{sortname|Marc van|Orsouw}}|nat=NED|natvar=|team=}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1987|name={{sortname|Tom|Cordes}}|nat=NED|natvar=|team=}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1988|name={{sortname|Gerrit|Möhlmann||Mohlmann, Gerard}}|nat=NED|natvar=|team=}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1989|name={{sortname|Willem-Jan van|Loenhout}}|nat=NED|natvar=|team=}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1990|name={{sortname|Raymond|Meijs}}|nat=NED|natvar=|team=}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1991|name={{sortname|Rob|Compas}}|nat=NED|natvar=|team=}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1992|name={{sortname|Martin van|Steen}}|nat=NED|natvar=|team=}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1993 Hel van het Mergelland|1993]]|name={{sortname|Erwin|Thijs}}|nat=BEL|natvar=|team=[[Collstrop–Assur Carpets]]}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1994 Hel van het Mergelland|1994]]|name={{sortname|John van den|Akker}}|nat=NED|natvar=|team=[[Collstrop-Willy Naessens]]}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1995 Hel van het Mergelland|1995]]|name={{sortname|Max van|Heeswijk}}|nat=NED|natvar=|team=[[Motorola (cycling team)|Motorola]]}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1996 Hel van het Mergelland|1996]]|name={{sortname|Lucien de|Louw}}|nat=NED|natvar=|team=[[Foreldorado-Golff]]}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1997 Hel van het Mergelland|1997]]|name={{sortname|Raymond|Meijs}}|nat=NED|natvar=|team=[[Foreldorado-Golff]]}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1998 Hel van het Mergelland|1998]]|name={{sortname|Raymond|Meijs}}|nat=NED|natvar=|team=[[Gerolsteiner (cycling team)|Gerolsteiner]]}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1999 Hel van het Mergelland|1999]]|name={{sortname|Raymond|Meijs}}|nat=NED|natvar=|team=[[Team Cologne|Cologne]]}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2000 Hel van het Mergelland|2000]]|name={{sortname|Bert|Grabsch}}|nat=GER|natvar=|team=[[Team Cologne|Cologne]]}}
{{Cycling pw no race|year=2001}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2002 Hel van het Mergelland|2002]]|name={{sortname|Corey|Sweet}}|nat=AUS|natvar=|team=[[BankGiroLoterij–Batavus]]}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2003 Hel van het Mergelland|2003]]|name={{sortname|Wim van|Huffel}}|nat=BEL|natvar=|team=[[Vlaanderen T-Interim]]}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2004 Hel van het Mergelland|2004]]|name={{sortname|Allan|Johansen}}|nat=DEN|natvar=|team=[[BankGiroLoterij]]}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2005 Hel van het Mergelland|2005]]|name={{sortname|Nico|Sijmens}}|nat=BEL|natvar=|team=[[Landbouwkrediet–Colnago]]}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2006 Hel van het Mergelland|2006]]|name={{sortname|Mikhaylo|Khalilov}}|nat=UKR|natvar=|team=[[Team LPR]]|teamnat=SUI}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2007 Hel van het Mergelland|2007]]|name={{sortname|Nico|Sijmens}}|nat=BEL|natvar=|team=[[Landbouwkrediet–Tönissteiner]]}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2008 Hel van het Mergelland|2008]]|name={{sortname|Tony|Martin|Tony Martin (cyclist)}}|nat=GER|natvar=|team=[[Team High Road]]}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2009 Hel van het Mergelland|2009]]|name={{sortname|Mauro|Finetto}}|nat=ITA|natvar=|team=[[CSF Group–Navigare]]}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2010 Hel van het Mergelland|2010]]|name={{sortname|Yann|Huguet}}|nat=FRA|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|SKS|2010}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2011 Hel van het Mergelland|2011]]|name={{sortname|Pim|Ligthart}}|nat=NED|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|VAC|2011}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2012 Volta Limburg Classic|2012]]|name={{sortname|Pavel|Brutt}}|nat=RUS|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|KAT|2012}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2013 Volta Limburg Classic|2013]]|name={{sortname|Rüdiger|Selig}}|nat=GER|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|KAT|2013}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2014 Volta Limburg Classic|2014]]|name={{sortname|Moreno|Hofland}}|nat=NED|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|BEL|2014}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2015 Volta Limburg Classic|2015]]|name={{sortname|Stefan|Küng}}|nat=SUI|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|BMC|2015}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2016 Volta Limburg Classic|2016]]|name={{sortname|Floris|Gerts}}|nat=NED|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|BMC|2016}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2017 Volta Limburg Classic|2017]]|name={{sortname|Marco|Canola}}|nat=ITA|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|NIP|2017}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2018 Volta Limburg Classic|2018]]|name={{sortname|Jan|Tratnik}}|nat=SLO|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|CCC|2018}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2019 Volta Limburg Classic|2019]]|name={{sortname|Patrick|Müller|Patrick Müller (cyclist)}}|nat=SUI|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|VCB|2019}}}}
{{Cycling past winner no race|year=2020–2021|reason=the [[COVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands|COVID-19 pandemic]]}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2022 Volta Limburg Classic|2022]]|name={{sortname|Arnaud|de Lie}}|nat=BEL|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|LTS|2022}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2023 Volta Limburg Classic|2023]]|name={{sortname|Kaden|Groves}}|nat=AUS|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|AFC|2023}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2024 Volta Limburg Classic|2024]]|name={{sortname|Timo|Kielich}}|nat=BEL|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|ADC|2024}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2025 Volta Limburg Classic|2025]]|name={{sortname|Dion|Smith}}|nat=NZ|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|IWA|2025}}}}
{{Cycling past winner end}}

===Women's race===
{{Cycling past winner start}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2017|name={{sortname|Karol-Ann|Canuel}}|nat=CAN|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|DLT|2017}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2018|name={{sortname|Belle|de Gast}}|nat=NED|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|PHV|2018}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2019|name={{sortname|Demi|Vollering}}|nat=NED|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|PHV|2019}}}}
{{Cycling past winner no race|year=2020–2021|reason=the [[COVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands|COVID-19 pandemic]]}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2022|name={{sortname|Amber|Kraak}}|nat=NED|team={{UCI team code|JVW|2022}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2023|name={{sortname|Mischa|Bredewold}}|nat=NED|team={{UCI team code|SDW|2023}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2024|name={{sortname|Femke|Markus}}|nat=NED|team={{UCI team code|SDW|2024}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2025|name={{sortname|Femke|Gerritse}}|nat=NED|team=Dutch National Team}}
{{Cycling past winner end}}

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==External links==
*{{official website|https://www.voltalimburgclassic.nl/}} {{in lang|nl}}

{{Volta Limburg Classic}}

[[Category:Volta Limburg Classic| ]]
[[Category:Cycle races in the Netherlands]]
[[Category:UCI Europe Tour races]]
[[Category:Recurring sporting events established in 1973]]
[[Category:1973 establishments in the Netherlands]]
[[Category:Cycling in Limburg (Netherlands)]]
[[Category:South Limburg (Netherlands)]]

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