Les Boucles du Sud Ardèche

Les Boucles du Sud Ardèche
Race details
Date Late-February
Region Ardèche, France
English name The Loops of South Ardèche
Local name(s) Les Boucles du Sud Ardèche (French)
Discipline Road race
Competition UCI Europe Tour
Type Single-day
History
First edition 2001 (2001)
Editions 10 (as of 2010)
First winner  Thomas Bernabeu (FRA)
Most recent  Arthur Vichot (FRA)

Les Boucles du Sud Ardèche (also known as the Souvenir Francis Delpech) is a road bicycle race held annually in late-February in the Ardèche department of France. The race was a National Event from its inception in 2001 until 2007, before joining the UCI Europe Tour in 2008 as a 1.2 category race and becoming a professional 1.1 race in 2010.

Winners

Rider Team
2001 Bernabeu, ThomasThomas Bernabeu (FRA)
2002 Colas, TomTom Colas (FRA)
2003 Menad, HichamHicham Menad (ALG)
2004 Sabalin, AlexanderAlexander Sabalin (BLR)
2005 Fraissignes, FabienFabien Fraissignes (FRA)
2006 Peraud, Jean ChristopheJean-Christophe Péraud (FRA)
2007 Sokolov, EvgenyEvgeny Sokolov (RUS) Vendée U
2008 Smukulis, GatisGatis Smukulis (LAT) VC La Pomme Marseille
2009 Bichot, FreddyFreddy Bichot (FRA) Agritubel
2010 Riblon, ChristopheChristophe Riblon (FRA) Ag2r-La Mondiale
2011 Vichot, ArthurArthur Vichot (FRA) FDJ

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