Tour de Normandie

Tour de Normandie
Race details
Date	March
Region	Normandie, France
Discipline	Road
Competition	UCI Europe Tour
History
First edition	1939
Editions	43 (as of 2018)
First winner	Guillaume Godere (FRA)
Most wins	Yvan Frebert (FRA); Kai Reus (NED); (2 wins)
Most recent	Tom Stewart (GBR)

Tour de Normandie is a road bicycle race held annually in the region of Normandy, France. The race started in 1939, but was not held in the periods of 1940–1955 and 1960–1980. It was originally a race for amateurs, but was opened for professionals in 1996. The Tour de Normandie has been one of the races in the UCI Europe Tour since 2005, in the 2.2 category.

Winners

		Rider	Team
1939		Guillaume Godere (FRA)	individual
1940– 1955	No race
1956		Amand Audaire (FRA)	Arrow-Hutchinson
1957		Pierre Gouget (FRA)	Mercier-BP-Hutchinson
1958		Joseph Wasko (FRA)	Alcyon-Dunlop
1959		Bernard Leboulanger (FRA)
1960– 1980	No race
1981		Michel Riou (FRA)
1982		Daniel Leveau (FRA)
1983		Yvan Frebert (FRA)
1984		Mario Kummer (GER)
1985		Paul Curran (GBR)
1986		Nentcho Staikov (BUL)
1987		Yvan Frebert (FRA)
1988		Viatcheslav Ekimov (URS)
1989		Sébastien Flicher (FRA)
1990		Dimitri Zdhanov (URS)
1991		Stéphane Heulot (FRA)
1992		Thierry Dupuy (FRA)
1993		Emmanuel Mallet (FRA)
1994		Saulius Sarkauskas (LTU)
1995		Ole Sigurd Simensen (NOR)
1996		Frédéric Pontier (FRA)	Aubervilliers 93
1997		Glenn Magnusson (SWE)	Amore & Vita–ForzArcore
1998		Torsten Schmidt (GER)	Chicky World
1999		Steffen Kjaergaard (NOR)	Chicky World
2000		Ludovic Auger (FRA)	BigMat-Auber 93
2001		Thor Hushovd (NOR)	Crédit Agricole
2002		Jérôme Pineau (FRA)	Bonjour
2003		Samuel Dumoulin (FRA)	Jean Delatour
2004		Thomas Dekker (NED)	Rabobank GS3
2005		Kai Reus (NED)	Rabobank Continental Team
2006		Kai Reus (NED)	Rabobank Continental Team
2007		Martijn Maaskant (NED)	Rabobank Continental Team
2008		Antoine Dalibard (FRA)	Bretagne–Armor Lux
2009		Bram Schmitz (NED)	Van Vliet EBH Elshof
2010		Ronan van Zandbeek (NED)	Van Vliet EBH Elshof
2011		Alexandre Blain (FRA)	Endura Racing
2012		Jérôme Cousin (FRA)	Team Europcar
2013		Silvan Dillier (SUI)	BMC Development Team
2014		Stefan Küng (SUI)	BMC Development Team
2015		Dimitri Claeys (BEL)	Verandas Willems
2016		Baptiste Planckaert (BEL)	Wallonie-Bruxelles–Group Protect
2017		Anthony Delaplace (FRA)	Fortuneo–Vital Concept
2018		Tom Stewart (GBR)	JLT–Condor

External links

Official website (in French)

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