Dutch Food Valley Classic
The Dutch Food Valley Classic (formerly known as Veenendaal-Veenendaal) is a semi classic professional cycling race in the Netherlands starting and finishing in the town of Veenendaal with a route based around the Veluwe National Park and the Nederrijn river valley in the south east corner of Utrecht province. The event is part of the UCI Europe Tour Continental calendar of events with a ranking of 1.HC and is the second biggest one day cycling race in the Netherlands after the Amstel Gold Race. Since 2007 the event has been officially called The Dutch Food Valley Classic.
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