Tour de l'Ain
| Race details | |
|---|---|
| Date | August |
| Region | France |
| English name |
Tour of Ain Race of Friendship |
| Local name(s) |
Tour de l'Ain Prix de l'Amitié |
| Discipline | Road |
| Competition | UCI Europe Tour 2.1 |
| Type | Stage race |
| Organiser | Alpes Vélo |
| History | |
| First edition | 1989 |
| Editions | 26 (as of 2014) |
| First winner |
 Serge Pires Leal (FRA) |
| Most wins | No repeat winners |
| Most recent |
 Bert-Jan Lindeman (NED) |
Tour de l'Ain, also known as the Prix de l'Amitié , is an annual late season professional cycling stage race held in mid-August in eastern France. The first Tour de l'Ain was held in 1989 and was organized by Dante Lavacca, Armand Peracca and Maurice Josserand. From 1989 to 1992 it was an amateur event. In 1993 it became open to professionals. In 1999 Cyclisme Organisation took over the organizing of the event and in the 1999 edition for the first time the climb of the Grand Colombier was included. The race had a 2.5 UCI status but was in 2002 promoted to the 2.3 category. Since the inception of the UCI ProTour and the UCI Continental circuits in 2005, the race has been classed as a 2.1 category race.[1] The race has a mountainous profile and is held in the Jura Mountains with the 1,534 metre high Grand Colombier as a decisive climb in the four day stage race.
Winners
| Rider | Team | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | |
Pires Leal, SergeSerge Pires Leal (FRA) | |
| 1990 | |
Moretti, DenisDenis Moretti (FRA) | |
| 1991 | |
Drubay, EricEric Drubay (FRA) | |
| 1992 | |
Leproux, DenisDenis Leproux (FRA) | |
| 1993 | |
Magnien, EmmanuelEmmanuel Magnien (FRA) | Castorama |
| 1994 | |
Lebreton, LylianLylian Lebreton (FRA) | Aubervilliers 93-Peugeot |
| 1995 | |
Hubert, EmmanuelEmmanuel Hubert (FRA) | FFC-LCPF |
| 1996 | |
Delrieu, DavidDavid Delrieu (FRA) | Mutuelle de Seine-et-Marne |
| 1997 |  |
Julich, BobbyBobby Julich (USA) | Cofidis |
| 1998 |  |
Gasperoni, CristianCristian Gasperoni (ITA) | Amore & Vita-Forzacore |
| 1999 |  |
Gwiazdowski, GrzegorzGrzegorz Gwiazdowski (POL) | Cofidis |
| 2000 |  |
Yakovlev, SergueiSerguei Yakovlev (KAZ) | Besson Chaussures |
| 2001 |  |
Gabrovski, IvaïloIvaïlo Gabrovski (BUL) | Jean Delatour |
| 2002 |  |
Oriol, ChristopheChristophe Oriol (GER) | AG2R Prévoyance |
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Merckx, AxelAxel Merckx (BEL) | Lotto-Domo |
| 2004 | |
Pineau, JeromeJérôme Pineau (FRA) | Brioches La Boulangère |
| 2005 | |
Naibo, CarlCarl Naibo (FRA) | Bretagne-Jean Floc'h |
| 2006 | |
Dessel, CyrilCyril Dessel (FRA) | AG2R Prévoyance |
| 2007 | |
Gadret, JohnJohn Gadret (FRA) | AG2R Prévoyance |
| 2008 | |
Gerdemann, LinusLinus Gerdemann (GER) | Team Columbia |
| 2009 |  |
Taaramae, ReinRein Taaramäe (EST) | Cofidis |
| 2010 |  |
Zubeldia, HaimarHaimar Zubeldia (ESP) | Team RadioShack |
| 2011 | |
Moncoutié, DavidDavid Moncoutié (FRA) | Cofidis |
| 2012 | |
Talansky, AndrewAndrew Talansky (USA) | Garmin-Sharp |
| 2013 | |
Bardet, RomainRomain Bardet (FRA) | Ag2r-La Mondiale |
| 2014 | |
Lindeman, Bert-JanBert-Jan Lindeman (NED) | Rabobank Development Team |
References
- ↑ "Historique du Tour de l’Ain". Tour de l’Ain. Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2007-08-17.
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