Winners
The time taken for the winner to complete the course is given in hours and minutes. Although temperatures were sometimes above freezing on the day of the tour, all tours were preceded by many days of sub-zero temperatures. The time taken for the winner to complete the course is given in hours and minutes.
| Date | Temperature | Winner | Time | Distance | Average speed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 January 1909 | n/a | Minne Hoekstra(NL) | 13:50 | 189 km | 13.7 km/h |
| 7 February 1912 | +3.8°C | Coen de Koning | 11:40 | 189 km | 16.2 km/h |
| 27 January 1917 | -1.8°C | Coen de Koning | 9:53 | 189 km | 19.1 km/h |
| 12 February 1929 | -10.1°C | Karst Leemburg (NL) | 11:09 | 191 km | 17.1 km/h |
| 16 December 1933 | -2.0°C | Abe de Vries(NL) and
Sipke Castelein(NL) |
9:53 | 195 km | 19.7 km/h |
| 30 January 1940 | -6.1°C | Piet Keijzer(NL), Auke Adema, Cor Jongert(NL), Durk van der Duim(NL) |
11:34 | 198.5 km | 17.3 km/h |
| 7 February 1941 | 0.0°C | Auke Adema | 9:19 | 198.5 km | 21.3 km/h |
| 22 January 1942 | -11.7°C | Sietze de Groot(NL) | 8:44 | 198 km | 22.7 km/h |
| 8 February 1947 | -8.5°C | Jan van der Hoorn(NL) | 10:51 | 191 km | 17.6 km/h |
| 3 February 1954 | -5.4°C | Jeen van den Berg(NL) | 7:35 | 198.5 km | 26.2 km/h |
| 14 February 1956 | -4.9°C | no winner declared (**) | — | 190.5 km | — |
| 18 January 1963 | -7.7°C | Reinier Paping(NL) | 10:59 | 196.5 km | 17.9 km/h |
| 21 February 1985 | +0.3°C | Evert van Benthem | 6:47 | 196.8 km | 29.0 km/h |
| 26 February 1986 | -6.9°C | Evert van Benthem | 6:55 | 199.3 km | 28.8 km/h |
| 4 January 1997 | -3.6°C | Henk Angenent | 6:49 | 199.6 km | 29.3 km/h |
Women were first allowed to take part in the tour proper in 1985; before then they had to skate with the amateurs and no award was given. The women to cross the finish line first were:
- 1985 - Lenie van der Hoorn(NL)
- 1986 - Tineke Dijkshoorn(NL)
- 1997 - Klasina Seinstra(NL)
(**) After shared wins in 1933 and 1940, when the front-runners decided not to compete but join hands to cross the line together, this practice was forbidden by the organisation. Jan van der Hoorn, Aad de Koning, Jeen Nauta, Maus Wijnhout and Anton Verhoeven however ignored this rule when they crossed the finish line in unison. They were not disqualified, but no winner was declared.
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