Ardèche Classic
Race details
DateLate-February
RegionArdèche, France
English nameArdèche Classic
Local name(s)Ardèche Classic (in French)
DisciplineRoad race
CompetitionUCI ProSeries
TypeSingle-day
Web siteboucles-drome-ardeche.fr/index.php/faun-ardeche-classic/
History
First edition2001 (2001)
Editions23 (as of 2023)
First winner Thomas Bernabeu (FRA)
Most winsno repeat winners
Most recent Julian Alaphilippe (FRA)

Ardèche Classic (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] In 2020, the race was upgraded to the UCI ProSeries calendar.

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

Year Country Rider Team
2001  France Thomas Bernabeu
2002  France Tom Colas
2003  Algeria Hicham Menad
2004  Moldova Alexandre Sabalin
2005  France Fabien Fraissignes
2006  France Jean-Christophe Péraud
2007  Russia Evgeny Sokolov Vendée U
2008  Latvia Gatis Smukulis VC La Pomme Marseille
2009  France Freddy Bichot Agritubel
2010[3]  France Christophe Riblon Ag2r–La Mondiale
2011[4]  France Arthur Vichot FDJ
2012  France Rémi Pauriol FDJ–BigMat
2013  France Mathieu Drujon BigMat–Auber 93
2014  France Florian Vachon Bretagne–Séché Environnement
2015  Argentina Eduardo Sepúlveda Bretagne–Séché Environnement
2016  Czech Republic Petr Vakoč Etixx–Quick-Step
2017  Italy Mauro Finetto Delko–Marseille Provence KTM
2018  France Romain Bardet AG2R La Mondiale
2019  France Lilian Calmejane Direct Énergie
2020  France Rémi Cavagna Deceuninck–Quick-Step
2021  France David Gaudu Groupama–FDJ
2022  United States Brandon McNulty UAE Team Emirates
2023  France Julian Alaphilippe Soudal–Quick-Step

Wins per country

Wins Country
15 France
1 Algeria
 Argentina
 Moldova
 Czech Republic
 Italy
 Latvia
 Russia
 United States

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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