Tour de Vendée

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Tour de Vendée
Race details
Date May
Region Vendée, France
English name Tour of Vendée
Local name(s) Tour de Vendée (French)
Discipline Road race
Competition UCI Europe Tour
Type Single-day
History
First edition 1972
Editions 36 (as of 2007)
Most wins Flag of Estonia Jaan Kirsipuu (4 wins)
Most recent Flag of Spain Mikel Gaztañaga

Tour of Vendée is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in May in the region of Vendée, France, finishing in a circuit inside La Roche-sur-Yon town. Since 2005, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour, also being part of the Coupe de France de cyclisme sur route. Between 1972 and 1979 it was an amateur race.

[edit] Winners

Rider Team
1980 Flag of France Jean-René Bernaudeau
1981 Flag of France Bernard Bourreau
1982 Flag of France Serge Beucherie
1983 Flag of France Pierre Bazzo
1984 Flag of France Claude Moreau
1985 Flag of France Michel Bibollet
1986 Flag of France Francis Castaing
1987 Flag of France Jean-Claude Colotti
1988 Flag of Spain Alberto Leanizbarrutia
1989 Flag of France Laurent Bezault
1990 Flag of France François Lemarchand
1991 Flag of Belgium Fabrice Naessens
1992 Flag of France Bruno Cornillet
1993 Flag of Russia Dimitri Zdhanov
Rider Team
1994 Flag of Belgium Patrick Van Roosbroeck
1995 Flag of Belgium Mario De Clercq
1996 Flag of France Laurent Desbiens
1997 Flag of Estonia Jaan Kirsipuu
1998 Flag of Italy Marco di Renzo
1999 Flag of Estonia Jaan Kirsipuu
2000 Flag of Estonia Jaan Kirsipuu
2001 Flag of France Didier Rous
2002 Flag of France Franck Bouyer
2003 Flag of Estonia Jaan Kirsipuu
2004 Flag of Norway Thor Hushovd
2005 Flag of Switzerland Jonas Ljungblad
2006 Flag of Spain Mikel Gaztañaga
2007 Flag of Spain Mikel Gaztañaga