Classic Sud-Ardèche

Classic Sud-Ardèche
Race details
Date Late-February
Region Ardèche, France
English name South Ardèche Classic
Local name(s) Classic Sud-Ardèche (in French)
Discipline Road race
Competition UCI Europe Tour
Type Single-day
History
First edition 2001 (2001)
Editions 18 (as of 2018)
First winner  Thomas Bernabeu (FRA)
Most wins no repeat winners
Most recent  Romain Bardet (FRA)

Classic 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.[1]

Until 2013, the race was known as Les Boucles du Sud-Ardèche, before a secondary race was added by the Ruoms Cyclisme Organisation La Drôme Classic – to be held on the same weekend as the Classic Sud-Ardèche.[2]

Winners

Rider Team
2001 France Thomas Bernabeu (FRA)
2002 France Tom Colas (FRA)
2003 Algeria Hicham Menad (ALG)
2004 Belarus Alexander Sabalin (BLR)
2005 France Fabien Fraissignes (FRA)
2006 France Jean-Christophe Péraud (FRA)
2007 Russia Evgeny Sokolov (RUS) Vendée U
2008 Latvia Gatis Smukulis (LAT) VC La Pomme Marseille
2009 France Freddy Bichot (FRA) Agritubel
2010[3] France Christophe Riblon (FRA) Ag2r–La Mondiale
2011[4] France Arthur Vichot (FRA) FDJ
2012 France Rémi Pauriol (FRA) FDJ–BigMat
2013 France Mathieu Drujon (FRA) BigMat–Auber 93
2014 France Florian Vachon (FRA) Bretagne–Séché Environnement
2015 Argentina Eduardo Sepúlveda (ARG) Bretagne–Séché Environnement
2016 Czech Republic Petr Vakoč (CZE) Etixx–Quick-Step
2017 Italy Mauro Finetto (ITA) Delko–Marseille Provence KTM
2018 France Romain Bardet (FRA) AG2R La Mondiale

References

  1. Kirsten Robbins; Davide Frattani (24 February 2008). "Les Boucles du Sud Ardèche opens up for professionals". Cycling News. Retrieved 25 February 2012.
  2. Gachet, Nicolas (16 November 2012). "La Drôme Classic et la Classic Sud-Ardèche 2013 dévoilées" [Drome Classic and Classic South Ardèche 2013 unveiled]. Directvelo (in French). Association Le Peloton. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
  3. Haake, Bjorn (28 February 2010). "AG2R's Riblon takes win in Ardèche race". VeloNation. Retrieved 25 February 2012.
  4. "Vichot victorious in Les Boucles du Sud Ardèche". Cycling News. 27 February 2011. Retrieved 25 February 2012.
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