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Tulpenrallye 2008

The story of 2008: This year the Tulpenrallye started in Annecy. It was beside Lake Annecy that the idea for the Tulpenrallye was first discussed, back in 1948. 60 years later the event returned there for the start of its 55th edition. The magnificent Impérial Palace was chosen as headquarters, and it was here that the cocktail party for all competitors and officials was held on the Sunday afternoon. 184 crews came to the start. To make the Expert class a little more exciting still, and to draw a clearer distinction between the Expert and the Sport class, an evening stage was added to the Expert class route. It was run largely in the dark and was scheduled this year for the Wednesday. Halfway through the rally, and running through the wine country around Riquewihr in the Vosges, with a great many small roads that were not easy to find, the Expert competitors enjoyed a fine evening, whilst the other crews were treated to the hospitality of Riquewihr. The evening stage included a good number of gravel roads and a ford through a river. This year the organisers decided to support a good cause. In April the Stichting Kinderen Kankervrij KiKa christened its new tulip, in the presence of a large number of Tulpenrallye cars and competitors. RTL presenters Rick Nieman and Roderick Veelo took part in the rally on KiKa's behalf in a magnificent Porsche 911 from Pon Porsche Import. At the prize-giving they handed KiKa chairman Frits Hirschstein a cheque for 10,000 euros, a sum the competitors doubled during the evening by means of a raffle. The Tulpenrallye also recognised that sustainability was becoming an ever more important theme, and entered into a partnership with the newly founded Stichting Oud voor Behoud. Together with them and Staatsbosbeheer, the Tulpenrallye wood was planted at the end of the year, so as to make a tangible contribution towards offsetting the CO2 emitted during the rally. The wood was financed by the Tulpenrallye organisation and by a large number of competitors who supported the initiative. In the weeks before the rally a great deal of snow fell in the Alps, which left route planners Brugmans and Daamen with a good deal of work in checking the routes all over again. In the end the problems proved less serious than feared, and only the route over the highest mountain, the Col de la Croix on the way to the ski area of Les Diablerets, had to be altered. For the first two days the route ran over the highest mountains in the Alps. There was still snow along the roadside everywhere, and the two tests laid out on those days in ski resort car parks also ran over tracks with some snow still lying on them. After an earlier brief visit to Switzerland, the organisers this year took up the challenge of running rather more of the route in Switzerland. From the Portes-Du-Soleil ski area, where lunch was taken on the Tuesday, the route went on to Lyss, the Tuesday night halt, and the caravan did not return to France until the Wednesday afternoon. By way of both Ballons d'Alsace the crews reached Riquewihr on the Wednesday evening. On the Thursday the route once again led to a country new to the Tulpenrallye: Germany. The finish was in Bad Kreuznach, where the competitors were welcomed by a large number of spectators in the Kurpark. On the Friday the crews drove to Kasteel Vaeshartelt, by way of a test at the Nürbürgring among other things. On the Saturday the route ran through the Netherlands, with a number of demanding map-reading sections in Brabant and a test on the kart circuit at Eindhoven. The crew of Rutger Reinders and Erwin Berkhof won the 55th International Historic Tulpenrallye in convincing fashion. The young crew took the lead in the Expert class on the second leg and then extended it further all the way to the finish on the Saturday at the Grand Hotel "Huis ter Duin" in Noordwijk, never giving it up again. The battle in the Sport class was exceptionally close throughout the week in which the rally was run, and was settled in the end in favour of the crew of Janhein de Rooij and Fred Hak in a 1965 Porsche 356. The Touring class was won by father and daughter Pim and Stéphanie Brunet de Rochebrune in a 1969 Mercedes-Benz 280SL. This year the rally was run in exceptionally fine weather on every day and over a great many mountainous sections. With 19 retirements, this was a decidedly tough edition of the Tulpenrallye!

Winners

  • ExpertRutger ReindersErwin BerkhofPorsche 911 s ·
  • SportingJanhein de RooijFred HakPorsche 356 c ·
  • TouringPim Brunet de RochebruneStéphanie Brunet de RochebruneMercedes-benz 280 sl ·

This edition

Kilometres
2,500
At the start
184
At the finish
165
Start
Annecy (F)
Finish
Noordwijk (NL)
Rally director
Abe van den Brink

Final standings: lowest total penalty points wins. Crews that did not finish are listed at the bottom and do not count towards position. Every column is sortable.

50 crews
127Rutger ReindersNetherlandsErwin BerkhofNetherlandsPorsche911 s—1
240Pim JanusNetherlandsFred FrogerNetherlandsMgmgb—2
34Jan EbusNetherlandsJan BerkhofNetherlandsMercedes-benz300 sl roadster—3
420Daan ReekersNetherlandsPieter van KruisdijkNetherlandsPorsche911 2.0 s—4
59Frans FrogerNetherlandsJaap VerplankenNetherlandsPeugeot404—5
631Thom HougNetherlandsHerry HougNetherlandsLotuselan s3—6
725Cees de JongNetherlandsValentijn de JongNetherlandsVolvo123 gt—7
86Rinus SinkeNetherlandsBart den HartogNetherlandsAustin-healey100/6 roadster—8
916Jayne WignallUnited KingdomPeter RushforthUnited KingdomSubeamtiger—9
1045Daan PetersNetherlandsMaarten PetersNetherlandsSaab99—10
1142Peter DutmanNetherlandsAndré v.d. GeijnNetherlandsAlfa romeo1750 gtv—11
1241Leendert de HaanNetherlandsInez v.d. PollNetherlandsFiat124 spider—12
1343Theo VerhouffNetherlandsMaurits VerhoeffNetherlandsMgmgb gt—13
1414Marius HoogendamNetherlandsCees de JongNetherlandsFordlotus cortina—14
1547Hans van DalenNetherlandsErik BruênsNetherlandsAlfa romeo2000 gtv—15
167Rob MühringNetherlandsAndré KivitNetherlandsAustin-healey3000 mk ii—16
1722Georg BögershausenGermanyHans Werner MüllerGermanyNsu1000 tt prinz—17
1826Jan Peter ZijlNetherlandsYolanda ZijlNetherlandsMgmgb gt—18
1933Pieter BartelseNetherlandsRobert WeitmannNetherlandsMgmgb gt—19
2011Wim v. LieshoutNetherlandsMichiel CapelleNetherlandsAustin-healey3000 mk ii—20
2121Albert BoekelNetherlandsJoep WandersNetherlandsAlfa romeogiulia 1600 s—21
2234Olaf PothovenNetherlandsRob v.d. BergNetherlandsVolvo122 s—22
2312Patrick DiemerGermanyChristian ZedlitzGermanyAlfa romeogiulia 1600—23
2424Mark MoermanNetherlandsEdward van DongenNetherlandsAlfa romeo1300 gt junior—24
2537Jaco de HoogNetherlandsBas de RijkNetherlandsPorsche911 t targa—25
2619Michiel HehenkampNetherlandsRon NakkenNetherlandsAlfa romeogiulia 1600 s—26
278John AlbistonUnited KingdomGraham WatsonUnited KingdomAlfa romeogiulietta sprint—27
2835Stef MooimanNetherlandsEd BijsterNetherlandsBmw1600-2—28
2932Sijmen VerveerNetherlandsBas StapelNetherlandsFiat850 coupé—29
3044Cor BakkerNetherlandsWouter BakkerNetherlandsTriumphtr 6—30
3128Maarten van LithNetherlandsPeter van HoofNetherlandsMgmgb—31
3230Loek de RooijNetherlandsRosita OffingaNetherlandsAustinmini cooper mk i—32
3317Arie van ErkelNetherlandsTheo van ErkelNetherlandsPorsche911 coupé—33
3446Wouter LimpensNetherlandsJacques LimpensNetherlandsAlfa romeo1750 berlina—34
3550Hans LampierNetherlandsEric LampierNetherlandsLanciafulvia1.3 s coupé—35
3648Maries DinauxNetherlandsEric v. StraatenNetherlandsTriumphtr 6c—36
3723Colin EvansUnited KingdomJohn TaylorUnited KingdomMgmgb gt—37
3852Rob VersteeghNetherlandsFred HartmanNetherlandsMaserati3500 gti—38
391Jack BerkNetherlandsJip BarthNetherlandsSunbeamalpine mk i roadster—39
4051Yu Mey KweeNetherlandsTjoe Houw KweeNetherlandsLotuseuropa s 2—40
415Michael AxhausenGermanyMonika AxhausenGermanyTriumphtr 3—41
423Henk JanusNetherlandsFrank de HaasNetherlandsAston martindb 2/4 mk ii—42
4310Robert v.d. KampNetherlandsOnno den BoerNetherlandsMaserati3500 gt——
4439Rolf LieNorwayTom GranliNorwayPorsche911 t——
4538Harm LamberigtsNetherlandsArthur DenzlerNetherlandsFordescort 1600——
4615Renger GulikerNetherlandsPim ‘t HartNetherlandsFiat1600 s——
4749Rob v.d. RijstNetherlandsBen v.d. RijstNetherlandsBmw2002ti——
4829Dries JettenNetherlandsAndré JettenNetherlandsOpelkadett rallye 1900——
492Peter PrattUnited KingdomDave WilsonUnited KingdomTriumphtr 2——
5018Aad LourensNetherlandsPiter den BoefNetherlandsMercedes-benz250 se coupé——
87 crews
199Janhein de RooijNetherlandsFred HakNetherlandsPorsche356 c—1
2144Ron Lopes CardozoNetherlandsBrigitte StekelenburgNetherlandsBmw2002 tii—2
3125Edmond PlanteydtNetherlandsMarijke BenningshofNetherlandsVolvo131—3
4103Bram JagerNetherlandsAnja LieuwmaNetherlandsVolvo121—4
5102Peter de MunnikNetherlandsDennis Lans van RijnNetherlandsVolvo122 s—5
676Charles SerryNetherlandsJacquline SerryNetherlandsJaguarxk 150 fhc—6
7108Maarten BosNetherlandsHelma WortleboerNetherlandsAlfa romeogiulia sprint gt—7
8135Hans BakkersNetherlandsMartijn LevertNetherlandsPorsche911 s—8
9131Oscar UhlhornNetherlandsJoep GoethartNetherlandsAlfa romeogiulia super—9
1088Michel PerridonNetherlandsRoel RosbagNetherlandsAlfa romeogiulia sprint gt—10
11143Herman v. OldenmarkNetherlandsJack FidderNetherlandsDatsun240z—11
12107Boudewijn BoekenNetherlandsJan VoskuijlNetherlandsMgmgb gt—12
1361Nick MarksUnited KingdomBill GrangerUnited KingdomLanciaaurelia b 20—13
14147Martin AalderingNetherlandsHenco BouwmanNetherlandsJaguarxk 120 ots—14
15122Ruud OudmanNetherlandsJurgen v.d. RijkeNetherlandsAlfa romeo1600 gt veloce—15
16140Daan HartgersNetherlandsPiet MozesNetherlandsAlfa romeogiulia super 1600 l—16
1792Susanne ToninoNetherlandsBart ToninoNetherlandsBmw700 cabrio—17
18113Han MachielsenNetherlandsHenri v.d. LugtNetherlandsVolvo131—18
19121Hans KuijvenhovenNetherlandsPieter KuijvenhovenNetherlandsVolvo123 gt—19
2074Willem KokNetherlandsFrank SperlingNetherlandsAustin-healey100/6 roadster—20
21117Cees HogendoornNetherlandsCor VerbruggeNetherlandsAlfa romeogiulia 1600 s—21
2296Bart v.d. KloetNetherlandsMiriam v.d. KloetBelgiumAlfa romeogiulia gtc—22
23137Patrick DarleyFranceOlivier SussotFranceMorriscooper s—23
2478Frank HoltrigterNetherlandsEwout v. HuyssenNetherlandsMgmga 1600—24
2580Ransom AltmanNetherlandsSimon SuesanNetherlandsAustin-healey3000 mk ii—25
2668Bau WinkelNetherlandsRob MeijerNetherlandsFiat1100 103 e—26
27100Jake v. BeestSwitzerlandThomas HeikensNetherlandsPorsche911 s—27
2862Bas KempsNetherlandsSjef KolstersNetherlandsJaguarxk 120 dhc—28
29127Theo HuijbreghtsNetherlandsAuke v.d. BrinkNetherlandsPorsche911 t—29
3072Rob VermaasNetherlandsArno v. HoutumNetherlandsPeugeot203 c—30
31128Frans de ZoeteNetherlandsAd v. DolderBelgiumMgmgc—31
32126Peter BoonNetherlandsPeter JansenNetherlandsTriumphvitesse mk i—32
3367Wim v.d. LagemaatNetherlandsKlazien v.d. LagemaatNetherlandsPeugeot203 c—33
3493Hans In der MaurNetherlandsBart MeyersNetherlandsAlfa romeogiulia sprint gt—34
35124Poen BuijsNetherlandsRogier BuijsNetherlandsAlfa romeogiulia super—35
36133John VanderkliftNetherlandsPeter SchetsNetherlandsPorsche911—36
3794Harry KoorstraNetherlandsPeter KoorstraNetherlandsPorsche356 sc—37
3887Hans ReijnenNetherlandsGerry BouwmansNetherlandsVolvop 1800 s—38
39106Ronald ZieltjesNetherlandsJoke SchoonNetherlandsSunbeamtiger—39
40130Robert MousNetherlandsFrans SmitsNetherlandsPorsche911 t—40
41101Marc BuijsNetherlandsBastiaan BuijsNetherlandsJaguare-type—41
42134Pieter WalravenNetherlandsHermine VlasNetherlandsLotuselan plus 2—42
43119Peter BeukNetherlandsLilian v.d. TogtNetherlandsVolvo123 gt—43
44141Alain RemyFranceMichel ThomasFranceAlfa romeojunior bertone—44
45118Joris BuijsNetherlandsDavid BuijsNetherlandsPorsche911 targa—45
4690Ronald VersluisNetherlandsGeert-Jan v.d. SnoekNetherlandsAlfa romeo1600 sprint gt—46
47142Frans DiepeveenNetherlandsJoan v.d. LustgraafNetherlandsAlfa romeogt 1300 junior—47
48105Roel KosterNetherlandsGuy DanneelsBelgiumCitroënid 19 b—48
4984Alan PettitUnited KingdomAlex BackUnited KingdomTriumphtr 4—49
50132Klaus LigensaGermanyHansi SuenkelerGermanyBmw2002—50
5195Jan Piet v.d. MeerNetherlandsBarbara v.d. MeerNetherlandsAustin-healey3000 mk iii—51
52111Mark HagenziekerNetherlandsRemco HagenziekerNetherlandsJaguare-type fhc—52
5363Henk MaanicusNetherlandsAlbert BijlsmaNetherlandsAustin-healey100/4—53
54110Hugo RepkoNetherlandsFrank RepkoNetherlandsAustin-healey3000 mk iii—54
5581Willem VermeulenNetherlandsEllen VermeulenNetherlandsPeugeot203 c—55
56115Jeroen LevertNetherlandsMarjolein SutmullerNetherlandsCitroënds 21 cabrio—56
5770Gerard RooksNetherlandsGerard WeckNetherlandsAustin-healey100/6 roadster—57
58112Bernie WolfNetherlandsJuul SeijlhouwerNetherlandsAustin-healey3000 mk iii—58
5977Nico v. DordNetherlandsDavid v. DordNetherlandsAlfa romeogiulietta sprint—59
6064Kees v. DisseldorpNetherlandsEric van DijenNetherlandsAustina50 cambridge—60
6182Guus BenistantNetherlandsJoost DullNetherlandsVolvo122—61
6279Dick SchiferliNetherlandsJohn v.d. BoomNetherlandsPorsche356 b s90 gt—62
6389Jan ScholtensNetherlandsCarlijn ScholtensNetherlandsMgmgb—63
6486Paul VermeeNetherlandsKees TrompNetherlandsDkw1000 s—64
65148Mark SchmidtNetherlandsRoelie SchmidtNetherlandsAlfa romeogt—65
6683Peter EcuryNetherlandsJulie ReimusNetherlandsAustina 40 farina speedwell—66
6758Harm AltenaNetherlandsEelco v. DijkNetherlandsBentleyderby special—67
68129Ernst FreiSwitzerlandHarry WohlgrothSwitzerlandTriumphtr 5 pi—68
6985Jan ZwaanNetherlandsRob JohnNetherlandsMercedes-benz300 se—69
70136Martijn VerveerNetherlandsHans VerveerNetherlandsFiat124 coupé—70
7169Frank van DeudekomNetherlandsSven AartsenBelgiumTriumphtr 3—71
72109Don PlatteelNetherlandsMarc ReynhoudtNetherlandsPanhard24 ct—72
7373Frits JanusNetherlandsEdmond v.d. SandeNetherlandsAston martindb 2 mk iii—73
7491Joost MighgelsenNetherlandsKees WezenaarNetherlandsPorsche356 c—74
75104Hans Mart GroenNetherlandsWim v. RootselaarNetherlandsPorsche911 s coupé——
7659Ruud WesselinkNetherlandsMiriam WesselinkNetherlandsCitroënta 7c cabrio——
7765Willem BroensNetherlandsHarry BolandNetherlandsJaguarxk 140 ots——
7866Jan RijninkNetherlandsClaire RijninkNetherlandsTriumphtr 3——
7971Niels SerryNetherlandsJeroen v.d. HekNetherlandsJaguarxk 150 fhc——
8075Sijbrand v.d. MastNetherlandsTaco v.d. MastNetherlandsAlfa romeogiulietta spider——
81138Bert MeulenbeldNetherlandsUleke OordtNetherlandsPorsche911 t coupé——
82120Ans BerkelaarNetherlandsHuib BerkelaarNetherlandsDatsun2000 sport——
8398Hank MelseNetherlandsNicole MelseNetherlandsPorsche911——
84116Aasmund KleveNorwayOdvar MolandNorwayVolvo123 gt——
8597Paul WijnsBrazilEric DuffhuisNetherlandsTriumph2000 mk i——
86146Rob VersteeghNetherlandsFred HartmanNetherlandsMaserati3500 gti——
87123Frans v. BuerenNetherlandsMieke v. BuerenNetherlandsVolvop 1800 s——
55 crews
1191Pim Brunet de RochebruneNetherlandsStaphanie Brunet de RochebruneNetherlandsMercedes-benz280 sl—1
2163Wolfgang StübbeGermanyDaniel SchulzGermanyWartburg311-008—2
3196Frans HeijblomNetherlandsJean-Paul v.d. BliekNetherlandsPorsche911 t—3
4165Marc de BruijnNetherlandsBart de BruijnNetherlandsCitroënds 19 cabrio—4
5197Roeland IJdenburgNetherlandsMirjam VerlindenNetherlandsDaf55 t—5
6176Jan ten CateNetherlandsRob PorsNetherlandsAston martindb 5—6
7182Bjørn BurumNorwayAre BurumNorwayVolvo142 s—7
8187Paul ZweersNetherlandsLex v. LammerenNetherlandsAlfa romeogiulia 1600 s—8
9166Bas ’t JongNetherlandsJoke ‘t JongNetherlandsJaguare-type ots—9
10175Simon v.d. HedenNetherlandsReyndert v. AspertNetherlandsAlfa romeogiulia super—10
11169Marcel FruytierNetherlandsBart de BruijnNetherlandsTriumphtr 3a—11
12188Jaap BeckNetherlandsJoke BeckNetherlandsMgmgb—12
13164Wolfgang RuhsGermanyCarl-Michael EmerGermanyPorsche356 b—13
14185Wil de JongNetherlandsJos KleijnNetherlandsTriumphtr 250—14
15177Armin v. EwijkNetherlandsVera v. EwijkNetherlandsPorsche911—15
16208Roel BloemNetherlandsInez BloemNetherlandsVolvo131—16
17157Bert HaasjesNetherlandsNicole HaasjesNetherlandsAustin-healey100/6—17
18183Paul de BieNetherlandsIneke de BieNetherlandsAustin-healey3000 mk iii—18
19186Joep AlkemadeNetherlandsJan AlkemadeNetherlandsBmw1600 ti—19
20160Martjan v.d. KnoopNetherlandsLidy v.d. KnoopNetherlandsMgmga 1600 roadster—20
21180Dick v. DijkNetherlandsArie v. BarneveldNetherlandsAustin-healey3000 mk iii—21
22189Fried v. OirschotNetherlandsWim v. OirschotNetherlandsMercedes-benz230—22
23154Henk DibbetsNetherlandsDaniëlle HamersNetherlandsTriumphtr 3—23
24159Herman HemkeNetherlandsPiet HemkeNetherlandsAustin-healey100/6—24
25181Wil v.d. VenNetherlandsNico v. DintherNetherlandsVolvo123 gt—25
26153Neil FenderUnited KingdomKeith FenderUnited KingdomTriumphtr 2—26
27202Roderick VeeloNetherlandsRick NiemanNetherlandsPorsche911 carrera—27
28167Jean Paul VantorreBelgiumMarc BasynBelgiumAustin-healey3000 mk ii—28
29205Ed VinkNetherlandsMaarten v. EykNetherlandsBmw2002—29
30190Ronald MeliesteNetherlandsRob EngelkesNetherlandsNsuro 80—30
31193Ton v.d. BroekNetherlandsTheo v.d. BroekNetherlandsAlfa romeo1750 gtv—31
32158Henk v.d. BergNetherlandsPeter ten BruggencateNetherlandsTriumphtr 3a—32
33207Jaap SterkNetherlandsChloë SterkNetherlandsMercedes-benz250 sl—33
34172Hans PadbergNetherlandsFernando HampsinkNetherlandsFordtaunus 17m—34
35198Frank BemelmansNetherlandsCoeb SpeeNetherlandsMgmgb gt—35
36155René HuizengaNetherlandsCees RodenburgNetherlandsAustin-healey100/6—36
37195Stefan SennemaNetherlandsSander BoerboomNetherlandsAlfa romeo1750 gtv—37
38199Arvid BakkerNetherlandsRutger GerritzNetherlandsMaseratimexico—38
39184Arno BloklandNetherlandsRozanne BrakNetherlandsPorsche911 e targa—39
40204Jan Jaap KuiperNetherlandsDino ten HaveNetherlandsBentleyt1—40
41201Jan de CroonNetherlandsHarry MarschNetherlandsJaguare-type—41
42200Aart BroereNetherlandsBert v. HouwelingenNetherlandsAlfa romeogt 1300 junior—42
43151Fred Brom n.a.Andrew Brom n.a.Alfa romeo1900 s sprint coupé—43
44192Hans v. EdenNetherlandsRené v.d. BurgNetherlandsJaguare-type—44
45179Peter GroenNetherlandsRoel SchurinkNetherlandsMercedes-benz230 sl—45
46194Felix BrakelNetherlandsRobbert BrakelNetherlandsMgmgb gt—46
47168Loek v. HoutumNetherlandsJan v. HoutumNetherlandsAlfa romeogiulietta sprint—47
48156Willem KouwenbergNetherlandsPaul de BruijnNetherlandsRover75 p4—48
49170Jeroen v. EgmondNetherlandsLucas VerbekeNetherlandsPorsche356—49
50152Pascal QuirynenBelgiumRonnie VissersBelgiumTriumphtr 2——
51178Paul ColijnNetherlandsNico VonkNetherlandsAustin-healey3000 mk iii——
52174Cor de BakkerNetherlandsJan de BakkerNetherlandsPorsche356 sc——
53161Wim v. HoogstratenNetherlandsStef GoedvriendNetherlandsTriumphtr 3a——
54171Aart v.d ToornNetherlandsLasko BenedekNetherlandsJaguarmk 2——
55162Joost RueckNetherlandsPatrick RikkenNetherlandsPorsche911——
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From start to finish

  1. Noordwijk
  2. Aix-les-Bains
  3. Maastricht
  4. Annecy
  5. Lyss
  6. Riquewihr
  7. Bad Kreuznach

The map shows the route from headquarters to headquarters; it is not the route actually driven.

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